Somerville graffiti 311 requests
Graffiti 311 requests filed in Somerville since January 2021.
Current release
Data through May 1, 2026
Data from January 2021 through May 1, 2026
Source data: Socrata ↗
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Total Requests
1.6K
in the graffiti category
Latest Month
20
April 2026
Share of total
0.3%
of all Somerville 311 requests
Monthly graffiti requests
How many graffiti 311 requests Somerville residents file each month.
How this category is defined
What counts as graffiti: Requests to remove graffiti from public or private property.
In Somerville’s raw 311 data, the following 1 service_type are counted as graffiti:
- Graffiti
To reproduce these counts against the raw feed
SELECT count(*)
FROM <somerville_311_raw>
WHERE service_type IN (
'Graffiti'
)Analyst tip: Most cities use a literal 'Graffiti' or 'Graffiti Removal' string. Austin splits public vs. private property ('APH - Graffiti Abatement - Public Property' vs. 'DSD - Graffiti Abatement - Private Property'). San Francisco does the same split. Calgary uses 'Corporate - Graffiti Concerns'.
Source & provenance
Counts on this page are derived from Somerville’s official open 311 data feed, covering January 2021 through May 1, 2026. Category assignment uses an AI-generated mapping from the city’s raw service types to a normalized cross-city category. View the underlying dataset at data.somervillema.gov.