Shoplifting, which includes all theft from shops and stalls, is a common crime which takes place all over the UK, though big cities - where population density is highest - will see the highest rates. Birmingham city police stats show that shoplifting is a common problem, with at least 100 shoplifting crimes recorded most months in the city.
Shoplifting was the most common type of crime in Bath in January 2020, which may, in some ways, attest to the relatively low crime rates of this historic city, where violent crimes remain lower than in many other built-up parts of the UK.
In January 2020, 68 incidents of bike theft occurred that could be mapped by the Cambridge City Centre policing team. This number is almost twice the amount reported in the previous month of December 2019, where only 37 cases were recorded. Areas of interest Whilst the crimes seem to spread across the Cambridge area, most ...
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News from the world of surveillance shows that new developments in AI will be helping people make sense out of shaky camera footage and unclear CCTV. As AI becomes more and more advanced, people are finding new and exciting ways of utilising it in everyday life. One new way to use AI appears to be ...
A so-called ‘millionaires’ estate’ in Sutton Coldfield has had plans to install gates and CCTV scrapped, over concerns it would divide the community. Gates and cameras had been proposed at three entrances to Little Aston Park, with residents to the exclusive estate saying it would improve safety and reduce crime in the area. Those opposed ...
If you are working in a place such as a museum, performance venue, gallery or any building that has CCTV in operation, it is important to make sure that any notices are the correct size. People using the facility must be aware that they are being recorded at all times, and you must control who ...
A fake CCTV camera has been removed from a cul-de-sac near Hereford County Hospital. The phoney camera was accompanied by several signs portraying themselves as official and legal signage from the council, but Herefordshire Council has confirmed that they were not involved with their placement. The signs and dummy CCTV camera appear to have been ...
A tourist has expressed outrage for the supposed violation of privacy on a beach in Cornwall. There are several webcams overlooking Porthmeor Beach in St Ives. For the most part, the visiting public were unaware of them… until their presence was reported by a concerned female tourist. The anonymous tourist was a frequent visitor along ...
Concerns have been raised after thefts of vans in West Yorkshire more than doubled in the space of a single year. Figures released under a Freedom of Information request showed that 91 vans were stolen in the region in March 2019, significantly up on the 44 stolen in the previous April. In total, £836,053 worth ...
CCTV is to be installed three years early on London’s Central Line, after shocking statistics revealed more reported sexual assaults than any other track. CCTV had been scheduled for installation in 2023, but the London Assembly has called for it to be brought forward after research found a quarter of all sexual assaults on the ...
According to Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, CCTV is advancing to such a point that cameras capable of lip-reading could be used on city streets. He says that people will have to cover their mouths with their hands, or do something similar, to prevent surveillance operatives from understanding what they are saying. Some technologies ...
Ron Perlman, star of Hellboy and BBC’s new drama The Capture has spoken of his shock at the level of CCTV in London.
After the results of a report by the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland (COPNI), attempts are being made to put CCTV into nursing homes and to make it a legal requirement of contracts in the future. Both covert and overt CCTV would be put in place to keep an eye on those caring ...
Plans to fund the replacement of dozens of town centre cameras will provide a massive boost to the safety of the town centre. The plans to upgrade and install numerous new CCTV cameras in Newcastle are going ahead thanks to the £80,000 being pumped into the scheme by the Newcastle Borough Council and the Newcastle ...
