Curb or remove graffiti

• If graffiti appears on your property or a property you are renting, you are responsible to organise its removal
• You can report any graffiti to Council's Graffiti Hotline, regardless of whether it is on Council land, state land or private property. Council will take steps to either remove the graffiti, or report it to the appropriate authority. However it is important to note that Council cannot remove graffiti from any property without the owner's authority. For this reason, if you have contact with or know the owner please advise the details to Council when contacting the Graffiti Hotline.
• Graffiti that Council has authority to remove, includes graffiti on Council land and private property (with authorisation from the property owner or following a period after the property owner has been notified consistent with the Graffiti Prevention Act 2007)

Please note that Council is only able to remove graffiti adjacent to Council owned roads and infrastructure. Use the map below to determine if the graffiti you wish to report is adjacent to Council owned roads or infrastructure
Frankston Roads Map

• Report graffiti for removal

• Railway stations, belonging to Metro Trains
• Rail corridor exclusion zones, belonging to VicTrack
• Traffic/signalling infrastructure and electrical substations at main intersections and roads, belonging to VicRoads
• Infrastructure belonging to EastLink and Peninsula Link
• Utility boxes and electrical substations belonging to third parties, such as Telstra, NBN, United Energy
• Bus shelters, belonging to Adshel

Alternatively, you can report graffiti directly to the property owner.

Graffiti is any unauthorised writing or images on property. Graffiti in Frankston City (with exception of the rail corridor) mostly consists of 'tags'. Tags are the signature of a vandal, or crew of vandals, and looks like a scrawl to those outside the graffiti-culture.

Other forms of graffiti are called throw-ups or pieces which are more elaborate forms of graffiti often linked to hip hop culture. Another popular form of graffiti performed in Melbourne is called a stencil.

The management of graffiti is complicated by the contested nature of its definition as either vandalism or art. Melbourne City is internationally renowned for the quality of its graffiti within the graffiti culture and some art circles.

Many people however find all graffiti to be an affront to orderly society. Tags are usually considered to be particularly detrimental to the amenity of an area. Frankston City Council considers any graffiti to be an illegal act of vandalism and works closely with Frankston Police to apprehend vandals.

• If you have a painted fence or house, keep spare paint available and immediately paint over any graffiti that appears on your fence or house
• Some surfaces are less likely to be targeted. Vandals usually prefer a solid reasonably flat surface. Fences with gaps such as metal or mesh fences are less appealing as they will not show the graffiti as prominently
• Become a graffiti removal volunteer by contacting Council's Compliance and Safety Department on 1300 322 322.