Reporting graffiti with the City is now even easier with the release of the Victorian Graffiti Register (VICGR) mobile app and website.

Community members can easily report graffiti on-the-go via the app with the exact location sent directly to the City’s graffiti removal team thanks to geotagging technology.

Each report is reviewed by City staff and where appropriate removed by the City or sent to the relevant agency or private property owner. The City can provide assistance to private property owners through paint vouchers.

Along with streamlining the reporting process the state graffiti database will help identify hotspots and track repeated tags to be easily accessed and investigated further by Victoria Police.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Stephanie Asher said the app will play a key role in effectively reporting and tracking graffiti across the region.  

The release of the VICGR app is a big step forward in the ongoing fight against graffiti in the region but also across the state.

We can all do our bit and there are some amazing people – including our workers other contractors and dedicated volunteers – who are out there every day trying to address this issue.

Our council has more than doubled the expenditure and the effort on graffiti removal and I encourage residents to help be part of the solution by reporting graffiti they see via the app. Each report helps to assist removal identify hot spots and track repeat offenders to be investigated further by Victoria Police.

The VICGR register is available throughout the state enabling tags to be tracked across multiple councils with real-time data.

City staff have been instrumental in the testing and ongoing development of the VICGR as well as playing a lead role in the project working group.

The register was commissioned by the Municipal Association of Victoria Graffiti Interest Network and designed in conjunction with councils state government agencies and Victoria Police.

Funding for the project was provided through the Victorian Government’s Community Crime Prevention Program with support from the Municipal Association of Victoria.

Community members are encouraged to download the app which is available for both Android and iOS devices and report graffiti seen across the region.

Further information is available at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/graffiti.