Graffiti

We work hard to keep our community attractive and presentable. Graffiti is a growing problem in Clarington. The most common type of graffiti is "tagging." A tag usually includes the person's signature or repetitive painting of a word, name, symbol or acronym that may or may not contain letters, numbers, or symbols. Other types of graffiti content can be gang related, hate-based, political or profane.

You can find graffiti around our community etched on bridges, buildings, walls, utility boxes, mailboxes, vehicles, and in parks.

Graffiti is a crime

When graffiti is placed on public or private property without the permission of the owner, it is considered an act of vandalism and is against the law. Removing unwanted graffiti is costly.

The Municipality is working with Durham Regional Police Services to eliminate graffiti.

Reporting graffiti

To help serve you better and provide more efficient service, we’ve launched Service Clarington — a new online customer portal. File by-law complaints, report problems, and apply and pay for permits and licences in one convenient place. Get started by visiting service.clarington.net to create an account.

If you find graffiti, log in to the Service Clarington portal and report it online. We will contact the appropriate property owner. Please provide as much information as possible with regard to the location of the graffiti.

If after two weeks the graffiti has not been removed, please contact By-Law Services and we will follow up with the property owner.

Report graffiti