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Huge fall in number of crimes caught on CCTV
Tuesday January 5, 2010
Figures released under Freedom of Information show 71 per cent fall in number of crimes “in which CCTV was involved”
Britain has the most CCTV cameras per head of any country in the world, with people said to be caught on camera as many as 300 times a day.
Despite this, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act to the Daily Telegraph show a 71 per cent fall in the number of crimes “in which CCTV was involved” in the Metropolitan Police area, from 416,000 in 2003/4 to 121,770 in 2008/9.
Full article: Daily Telegraph (5 January 2010)
