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According to ABC News, reports of vandalism across Victoria’s public transport network rose 50 per cent over the past year, with bus shelters the most commonly targeted infrastructure. Snap Send Solve recorded more than 5,700 reports of public transport vandalism and graffiti between October 2025 and last month, compared with 3,760 in the previous year.
The app received nearly 3,700 reports involving bus shelters or stops in the past 12 months, double the previous year’s figure. In Melbourne, the highest number of shelter vandalism reports came from suburbs in the north-east and south-east. Graffiti and broken glass were the issues users reported most often.
Snap Send Solve chief executive Danny Gorog said the increase was not a general rise in vandalism or a result of app growth. He said vandals were targeting shelters specifically. The Victorian government confirmed bus shelter vandalism was the most common type of vandalism on the state’s public transport network, while saying about $10 million is spent each year removing and repairing graffiti on the train network.
Responsibility for repairs varies by location, with advertising companies often responsible for shelters with electronic billboards. The Shire of Nillumbik said it had received 130 vandalism reports since January and inspected and cleaned shelters twice a week. Frankston City said it removed more than 37,000 square metres of graffiti across all property types in the last financial year.
The Department of Transport and Planning said it uses more than 14,000 CCTV cameras across the network and is using drones and new tracking technology along train routes. It encouraged people who see vandalism or damaged property to report it to Victoria Police.
