Humberside Police - protecting communities, targeting criminals

Operation Clean Up

Humberside police are working closely with our community partners – local councils, Neighbourhood Watch, Community Wardens, and with Crimestoppers, to wipe out graffiti in your area.

CrimestoppersGraffiti costs the UK over £1bn a year and makes areas look rundown and neglected.  Graffiti perpetrators often develop their own "tag" which identifies who they are. They will then spray or draw this tag repeatedly on blank walls, fences, lamp posts, bridges, phone boxes, road signs and bus shelters.

Help us identify the “taggers” and improve our local environments. If you know who is responsible for any graffiti tag or other damage, ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 and tell them what you know and not who you are.

A/DS Kevin Mosley of Regional Crimestoppers said, "Working together with local authorities, the Police and Crimestoppers to combat graffiti is an exciting venture. With the public’s help we can reduce the number of vandals on the streets in East Yorkshire and North/North East Lincolnshire.

This is about transferring fear of crime from the community back to the criminal who will always be looking over their shoulder to see who is watching.

Similar successful campaigns have been launched in North and South Yorkshire which has resulted in a 60% reduction of criminal damage in one specific South Yorkshire council area. Your call to Crimestoppers can make a difference to your community.”