Renfrewshire Council

What graffiti we will remove

Let us know about graffiti in a public place.

We will also remove graffiti from commercial properties, and we can provide solutions material if this is a regular occurrence.

If you know who is responsible for the graffiti, contact the Police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Calls to Crimestoppers are free and you can remain anonymous.

Graffiti on private or service company property

We do not remove graffiti from private properties or properties belonging to service companies.

If you know who owns or is responsible for the property, contact them directly using the details below.

You'll need to tell them the details of the graffiti and its location.

Contact:

• Clear Channel who manage bus shelters
• British Telecom (BT) about damage to BT cables, poles, cabinets or manholes
• Network Rail about railway bridges or platforms
• Virgin Media on 0330 333 0444 [link] and tell them the cabinet number or location if you can
• Royal Mail on 03457 740 740 [link] about post boxes.

We also do not remove graffiti if it's on utility boxes, such as gas electricity, cable, or bus shelters.

If you know who owns the utility box or bus shelter, report it to them. 

If you don't know which company it belongs to, report it to us and we will contact them.

Graffiti on roads, road borders or pavements

If it's graffiti on a road, road border or pavement, you'll need to report the problem to AMEY, who are responsible for Scotland's South West trunk roads network.

Antisocial behaviour

Find out what to do about antisocial behaviour including damage to property, vandalism or graffiti.

Before you report it

If you find graffiti in a public place, you can report it to us online.

It will help if you can tell us what kind of graffiti it is, where it is or if you saw someone doing it.

You can also upload photos of the graffiti and its location if you have them.

Before you submit your report, you can see if other people have reported the same issue on the interactive map.

How to report it

Report it online

Report graffiti

Other ways to report it

Phone 0300 300 0300.

After you've report it

If you provide us with an email address, we'll send you a confirmation email with a case reference number.

When we receive your report, we will investigate the issue.

We give priority to removing graffiti that contains racial, sectarian, or obscene words and images. We'll remove it within 24 hours of being told about it.

If it's not offensive graffiti, we will investigate the issue and aim to remove it as soon as we can. However, if there is high demand, this may take longer than usual. 

If we need more information, we may contact you with the details you provided.