Cr Benson-Pope said a more co-ordinated approach was needed. The Dunedin City Council and police should increase their efforts, he said.
''I want to see a more co-ordinated approach to it and I want to see the city having a bit more involvement in organising it and facilitating it.''
This approach would involve chasing up culprits more aggressively, but more importantly correcting damage quickly.
''The city needs to have the capacity to respond quickly, because if you get rid of the tags straight away, either as the property owner or the local authority, then the problem tends not to manifest itself so much.''
Part of the solution involved police dedicating more resources to the problem.
''There is a reluctance for police to be involved as we might like them to be and I hope that will change.''
He had noticed an increase in the amount of graffiti, including in the central city, which he said could be a result of the school holidays.
Earlier this week, he called on council staff to report to councillors on whether there was a council policy on graffiti.
Council events and community development manager Rebecca Williams said after the issue was raised by Cr Benson-Pope late last year, the council had decided to run a three-month trial during which a Keep Dunedin Beautiful co-ordinator would be given an extra five hours a week to tackle the problem.
The additional five hours would allow the person to better co-ordinate the council's response, which would include keeping more extensive data, improving connections with police and encouraging landowners to remove graffiti as soon as possible.
The five hours a week would ''hopefully'' go some way towards fulfilling Cr Benson-Pope's call for a more co-ordinated approach, Mrs Williams said.
The council had no written policy requiring property owners to remove graffiti within a certain time frame.
Roger Knauf, of Graffiti Doctor, said it was usual for there to be more graffiti around during the school holidays and there was ''no more than usual'' now than in previous years.
Over the past few weeks, there had been a spate of graffiti around the Speight's factory and up to the Jubilee Park area and in South Dunedin, which he put down to one or two ''toerags''.
Overall, he believed the city dealt with graffiti well and it was less of a problem than in other cities.
There was likely to be another spike once all the students returned to the city, not because students were taggers, but because the influx of people made it easier for taggers to remain unseen.
Inspector Amelia Steel, of Dunedin, said police were not aware of a significant graffiti issue in Dunedin at the moment.
''Of course, we take it really seriously when it occurs and when there is viable leads of inquiry we would investigate and prosecute, if that was appropriate.''
