Penalties
Community Payback
Offenders can be sentenced to carry out unpaid work through Community Payback. This takes place in -
- Humberside
- Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
You can Nominate a Community Payback project
Penalties
Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 it makes it an offence for any person, without lawful excuse, to –
- destroy
- cause damage
Murals placed on a property with the permission of the property owner is not criminal damage.
If you supply evidence, it may help us act against anyone responsible for graffiti. Action may result in -
- £100 fixed penalty
- prosecution –
- a maximum penalty of £5,000
- additional costs for repairing any damage