Roundabouts Vandalism
Case reference FOI2026/00162
Received 22 January 2026
Published 2 February 2026
Request
For the period 1 July 2025 to 30 November 2025, please provide a single total for the period for each of the following:
1. The total recorded spend incurred by the Council for repainting roundabouts as reactive works in response to unauthorised markings/flags/graffiti/vandalism (e.g. “flag”, “St George’s Cross”, “England flag”, “Union Jack”, “Union flag”, “painted flag”, “vandalism”, “graffiti”, “illegal signage” etc) – i.e. not routine/planned maintenance.
2. The number of jobs/incidents in the same period where roundabouts were repainted for the reactive reason above. If – and only if – you do not explicitly record flags/graffiti/vandalism on roundabouts:
3. Please provide items (1)–(2) for all reactive (non-routine) roundabout repainting in the period, and confirm that a more specific split is not held.
4. If held, please include the relevant job/incident codes (and brief code descriptions) that map to reactive roundabout repainting so I can standardise across councils. Where a discrete “roundabout” category is not held, please identify cases recorded under road markings/white lining/traffic signs & lines where free-text notes or codes indicate both a roundabout (e.g. “roundabout”, “RB”, “circulatory”, “island”) and a reactive trigger such as those listed above (case-insensitive; close variants acceptable).
If the filter above is not feasible, please provide the best available totals for reactive roundabout repainting in the period and, if held, the relevant job/incident codes used for graffiti/vandalism/illegal signage so I can categorise.
Response
For the period 1 July 2025 to 30 November 2025, please provide a single total for the period for each of the following:
1. The total recorded spend incurred by the Council for repainting roundabouts as reactive works in response to unauthorised markings/flags/graffiti/vandalism (e.g. “flag”, “St George’s Cross”, “England flag”, “Union Jack”, “Union flag”, “painted flag”, “vandalism”, “graffiti”, “illegal signage” etc) – i.e. not routine/planned maintenance.
A: The Service Area are unable to provide a total spend for the above activities as these were not captured as a separate item. The teams kept a separate record of any roundabouts repainted specifically for St. George flag graffiti, however the costs come from a completely different system to the jobs done.
2. The number of jobs/incidents in the same period where roundabouts were repainted for the reactive reason above.
A: 14
If – and only if – you do not explicitly record flags/graffiti/vandalism on roundabouts:
3. Please provide items (1)–(2) for all reactive (non-routine) roundabout repainting in the period, and confirm that a more specific split is not held.
A: 23. This is the total number of repainting of roundabouts, regardless of reason (not just St. George Cross). Again, the costings do not come from the same system and would have come out of the entire White-Lining budget, not costs specifically for this type of repair.
4. If held, please include the relevant job/incident codes (and brief code descriptions) that map to reactive roundabout repainting so I can standardise across councils.
Where a discrete “roundabout” category is not held, please identify cases recorded under road markings/white lining/traffic signs & lines where free-text notes or codes indicate both a roundabout (e.g. “roundabout”, “RB”, “circulatory”, “island”) and a reactive trigger such as those listed above (case-insensitive; close variants acceptable).
If the filter above is not feasible, please provide the best available totals for reactive roundabout repainting in the period and, if held, the relevant job/incident codes used for graffiti/vandalism/illegal signage so I can categorise.
A:
|
job_number |
Search Criteria |
cost_code_name |
job_type_name |
|
41466600 |
RB |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41486698 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41703615 |
RB |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41706948 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41707577 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41707589 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41707623 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41707628 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41709179 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority A (High) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41710022 |
island |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41710023 |
island |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41710027 |
island |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41711681 |
RB |
WL - Priority D (Park.Enforce) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41721059 |
RB |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41721922 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41722640 |
RB |
WL - Priority B (Medium) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723901 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723942 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723944 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723946 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723951 |
roundabout, island |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723953 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
|
41723954 |
roundabout |
WL - Priority C (Low) |
Road Marking /Studs / Anti Skid [RMA] |
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