Revealed: Brisbane’s worst graffiti hot spots
A staggering number of graffiti tags have been removed from Brisbane suburbs in the past year with more than 150 alleged vandals caught. Council has revealed the worst hit areas and where regular taggers are still on the loose. SEE WHICH SUBURBS ARE HARDEST HIT
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A TASKFORCE against graffiti has removed more than 70,000 tags across Brisbane in the past year, as council and police crack down on vandalism.
The Taskforce Against Graffiti partnership between Queensland Police and Brisbane City Council saw 158 alleged graffiti perpetrators charged with a total of 1856 offences between May 1, 2019 and April 30 2020.
During that time workers removed 71,000 tags from Brisbane suburbs – taking the total number of tags removed by the graffiti removal program to more than 1 million.
Of the River City suburbs, Brisbane city was the hardest hit – with nearly 6,300 tags removed in the suburb alone.
Almost 4,000 tags were removed in South Brisbane, while 3,796 were removed in its neighbouring suburb West End.
Another 2,648 tags were removed in Greenslopes.
A spokesperson said Brisbane City Council had invested $3.6 million in graffiti removal and reduction this financial year alone.
“Senseless graffiti and vandalism can have negative impacts on our community and make areas feel unsafe,” the spokesperson said.
“Rapid tag removal helps deter graffiti offenders.”
It was revealed in Tuesday’s meeting of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee that 24/7 call out teams would be available for after hours graffiti response as well as the removal of high profile, sensitive, offensive or other ‘urgent’ graffiti issues.
During the committee meeting, residents were also warned of prevalent graffiti groups that were currently under investigation.
The “IGET” tag targets Woolloongabba, Greenslopes and Holland Park West areas, while the “KRANZ” tag was currently prevalent in Albion.
The same tag has been recorded in Brisbane City along with another reading: “BRAINZ”.
All Brisbane suburbs were warned of the “FOUR” tag.
A Brisbane City Council spokesperson told The Courier Mail that council had ‘zero tolerance for vandalism’.
“Money spent on graffiti removal or replacing public infrastructure could be used to create new parks and deliver better roads and infrastructure,” the spokesperson said.
Brisbane suburbs hardest hit by graffiti
South Brisbane: 3,966 tags removed
West End: 3,796 tags removed
Greenslopes: 2,648 tags removed
Manly: 1,669 tags removed
Fortitude Valley: 1,527 tags removed
The Gap: 1,475 tags removed
Coorparoo: 1,378 tags removed
Woolloongabba: 1,368 tags removed
Kangaroo Point: 1,239 tags removed
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