Closed Circuit Television

The Home Office has carried out a major national evaluation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) at a selection of sites covered by the Government’s CCTV Initiative funding programme.

The research reports on the impact of CCTV on crime and fear of crime in residential areas, town centres and car parks.

It examines the importance of all component parts of CCTV systems including:

• set-up
• staffing
• technical specifications
• operation

Related links

• Read more about the CCTV Initiative on the Crime Reduction website.

Key publications

• Assessing the impact of CCTV, Home Office Research Study 292, 2005
• A good practice guide for the implementation of redeployable CCTV, OLR 16/05, 2005
• The impact of CCTV: fourteen case studies, OLR 15/05, 2005
• National evaluation of CCTV: early findings on scheme implementation – effective practice guide, Home Office Development and Practice Report 7, 2003
• Crime prevention effects of closed circuit television: a systematic review, Home Office Research Study 252, 2002

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