Welsh StreetSnap app targets racist and homophobic graffiti

Pioneering vandalism-reporting scheme will launch in January involving police, youth workers and housing officials

A groundbreaking scheme designed to help clear streets of hate graffiti and pinpoint flare-ups of racism and homophobia is being pioneered in Wales.

At the centre of the project is an app called StreetSnap, developed by Swansea University, that will be formally launched in January in Bridgend county borough and is being looked at by local authorities across the UK including a central London council.