CCTV & Crime Prevention

CCTV& CRIME PREVENTION Perceptions & Reality There an estimated 1.85 million CCTV cameras in the UK, that is 1 for every 32 people! = 1x This is far fewer than the oft-quoted figure of 4.2 million cameras Of these cameras, a majority are privately owned: Cameras on Public Transport = 115,000 (6.2%) Publicly Owned Cameras = 33,433 (1.8%) A majority of the public approve of CCTV systems: 100 80 PUBLIC 60 93% APPROVAL 40 89% 86% 84% (%) 20 63% do not think CCTV poses a problem 81% believe CCTV helps the Police fight crime TUBE OUTSIDE BANKS HIGH STREET NETWORK PUBS LOCATIONS Effectiveness CRIME SCENE DO NOT CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS Mobduo As many as 7 in 10 murders are solved thanks to CCTV, and 95% of Scotland Yard Murder cases used CCTV footage as evidence. Enfield ССТУ 6 CRIMES "CCTV plays a huge role in helping us investigate serious crime. I hope people can understand how important it is to our success in catching people who commit murder" - Scotland Yard Redrida 7 Havering HELPS TO SOLVE "Effective CCTV schemes are an invaluable source of crime detection and evidence for the police." - Simon Adcock - BSIA EACH DAY IN LONDON ALONE CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS CRIME SCENE DO NOT C 51% Car Parks: Overall crime decreased by 51% in sites operating CCTV compared to areas where there was no such intervention When 15 UK city centre CCTV projects were analysed together, a 10% fall in crime was identified CCTV in Business CCTV Protects your staff:- 4 in 10 women admitted they had been touched in a way 324, 000 workplace assaults per year in the UK that made them feel uncomfortable in the 319, 000 threats of violence each year in the workplace workplace CCTV Protects your business- £1.5 £567 million The amount lost to retail 'shrinkage' each 82% of employees admitted to stealing from an employer year billion The amount lost in 2009 to workplace fraud in just 123 high profile cases. This figure is just "the tip of the iceberg"- KPMG ".the adoption of information technology can substantially impact both the productive and corrupt behaviors of employees." "Increased monitoring by management reduced the net gains from theft. increasing. productive behavior." - Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology "Private companies are actually funding the majority of the nation's CCTV on the basis that it delivers a clear return on investment and this is where the majority of footage used by Police is sourced" - Simon Adcock - BSIA's CCTV section References: http://www.bsia.co.uk/home/bsia-cctv-number-of-cameras-in-uk http://hblstore.co.uk/blog/cat/cctv-security/post/5-reasons-to-have-cctv/ http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/cctv http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2151169/Sexual-harrassment-time-high-40-women-say-inappropriately-touched-colleagues.html http://library.college.police.uk/docs/what-works/What-works-briefing-effects-of-CCTV-2013.pdf http://yougov.co.uk/news/2010/10/27/surveillance-stats/ http://www.hse.gov.uk/Statistics/causinj/violence/index.htm http://www.rsagroup.com/rsagroup/en/investor-relations/group-news?go=20&type-press&view-438#.UVIOV_LTAI http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/hro/features/1017659/the-impact-workplace-fraud-theft-uk-business http://apps.olin.wustl.edu/faculty/pierce/cleaninghouse.pdf Produced By: HB Litherland & Co Ltd http://hblstore.co.uk UK Wholesale electronics supplier, specialising in CCTV, A/V, Pro Audio & Aerial & Satellite.