Lewisham council are encouraging residents to report incidents of graffiti and other anti-social behaviour by sending picture evidence via their camera phones. This new service has been developed by the council in parallel with their work with ENCORE the Environment and Community Online Residents E-Services, part of the ODPM’s National Project.

Residents can also use the system to report fly-tipping, abandoned cars and other environmental issues that require council follow-up. The images supplied by the public are catalogued on the council’s LoveLewisham website alongside updates about any resulting clean-ups. If this sceme is successful it will be interesting to see if expands into other London boroughs.