Some interesting statistics and information about graffiti from around the world.

  • the word graffiti is the plural.  The singular, which is rarely used except in archaeology is graffito.
  • graffiti is not new.  Ignoring scribbled words on rocks and in caves, the first graffiti vandalism dates back to early Egyptian times where tombs were vandalised with graffiti
  • people that graffiti are usually between the ages of 12 and 20 and most often are male although there has been an increase is hooded females engaging in graffiti.
  • if you graffiti you are at a 50% increased risk of drug abuse.  Sort of makes sense as in the early days of spray cans these were used for solvent abuse and to get high then, of course, they had in their hands the perfect weapon for graffiti
  • Taggers think the area they have tagged is theirs and there are numerous cases of violence upon anyone trying to tag or graffiti over their "work".


People that graffiti are normally aged 12-20 and are predominantly male.
  • In Hamilton (New Zealand, not Ontario, Canada) the city councils spend more than $700,000 a year removing graffiti.
  • Phoenix, Arizona spend more than $6m a year
  • New South Wales state in Australia receive reports of more than 8,000 graffiti incidents a year and this is really only the tip of the iceberg as most incidents of graffiti go unreported to police.
  • Numerous Australian councils and shires and major organisations like Queensland Rail use and have faith in the quality of the Graffiti-ENZ range of products.