CCTV: the numbers

1 Britain's position in 2007 among surveillance societies in Europe

4 Billion Pounds Estimated minimum cost to the public of CCTV camera installation and maintenance in Britain, excluding monitoring, from 1994 to 2004

14 Percentage of CCTV systems that showed a statistically significant reduction in recorded crime, according to a 2005 Home Office report. Conclusion: "Most systems revealed little overall effect on crime level"

1 Number of cities with public area CCTV systems in 2008 in Norway

30 In Germany

500 In Britain

3 Percentage of crimes in London solved by CCTV, based on a sample of 2006 robberies in London, according to the head of CCTV department at the Metropolitan Police


Fonte: "Intelligent Life". Vol 2 Issue 3 Summer 2009