FOI request (FOIR-369070119)

Graffiti Removal

Requested Fri 08 October 2021
Responded  Fri 15 October 2021

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please list/provide me with:

1. The number of pieces of graffiti that have had to be removed in your local authority area in each of the last ten years?

2. The total cost of removing graffiti in each of the last ten years?

Response

1. Hastings Borough Council only holds information from 2013 to date:

2013 - 196

2014 - 219

2015 - 228

2016 - 172

2017 - 421

2018 - 344

2019 - 519

2020 - 1164

2021 (year to date) - 568

2. In July 2019 the street cleaning contract came in house. The cost is roughly £38 per job. Previous to July 2019 we do not have the breakdown of costs as it was included within the joint waste street cleaning contract.