CCTV Cameras

[sarahsherman]

How many CCTV cameras are in use in Britain? How does this compare to other major European countries?

[heffalump]

Try looking here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A622487

and here:

http://www.newstatesman.com/200610020022

[Buenchico]

The figure quoted recently by the media (including BBC News), when reporting on the new 'talking cameras', was that there are approximately 4.2 million CCTV cameras in use in the UK. They probably got that figure from the Institute for Public Policy Research:
http://www.ippr.org.uk/ipprnorth/articles/?id= 2465

Other sources, such as this one, put the figure slightly higher, at 4.5m:
http://www.325collective.com/social-control_su rveillance_capital.html

It works out at roughly one camera per 14 people. The last time I saw any reliable-looking data, France, Germany and the Netherlands were the next three countries listed for having the greatest number of cameras in proportion to their populations. (The countries might not have been listed in that order). If I recall correctly, they all had figures roughly around one camera per 300 people. (i.e. the concentration of CCTV camera in the UK is about 20 times higher than any other European country. Many European countries have figures closer to 1 camera for every 5,000 people.

Chris

[Upforit]

Why does it matter how many? We are being monitored against our will. Now we have cameras that will speak to us- do not believe the hype- it is the government controlling us.