Vandalism represents 24% of all recorded crimes and in 1999/2000, the total costs of such incidents was estimated at £4.1 billion.
These numbers are according to the reported crimes, and just the reported crimes. There are possibly double the amount of offences taking place but because they are not reported they are not included within official statistics because they are not known of.
As from April 17th 2008 it is a criminal offence to mark graffiti on a property that is public and that you have no consent to do so. This leads me to ask once again, if it is against the law why does that not stop people from committing the offence? There must be a reason such as the thrill of getting caught which people strive off, but when they do get caught they are facing a sentence in prison, and is it really worth it?
If a person so wishes to produce graffiti 'art' then why does it have to be on a public property? Why can they not just use a piece of paper? That way they do not risk getting a sentence in prison. But as we can see by the figures, the threat of jail is not a deterrent.
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