Technician Installing Cctv Camera On Wall Outdoors, Closeup

Which Towns & Cities in the UK have the most CCTV Cameras?

By Jonathan Ratcliffe

Our research shows us that there is now 1 camera for every 13 people across the UK


This is a list of the number of cameras in each city of the UK:

Please credit this page with a link if you use these figures.

  1. 702,000 – London
  2. 84,000 – Birmingham
  3. 59,000 – Leeds
  4. 47,000 – Glasgow
  5. 44,000 – Sheffield
  6. 40,000 – Manchester
  7. 39,000 – Edinburgh
  8. 37,000 – Liverpool
  9. 34,000 – Bristol
  10. 28,000 – Cardiff
  11. 26,000 – Leicester
  12. 25,000 – Coventry
  13. 24,000 – Nottingham
  14. 23,000 – Belfast
  15. 23,000 – Bradford
  16. 22,000 – Newcastle
  17. 21,000 – Plymouth
  18. 20,000 – Milton Keynes
  19. 20,000 – Hull
  20. 20,000 – Wolverhampton
  21. 20,000 – Stoke-on-Trent
  22. 20,000 – Derby
  23. 19,000 – Southampton
  24. 18,000 – Aberdeen
  25. 17,000 – Northampton
  26. 17,000 – Swindon
  27. 17,000 – Portsmouth
  28. 16,000 – Luton
  29. 16,000 – Warrington
  30. 16,000 – York
  31. 16,000 – Dudley
  32. 15,000 – Bournemouth
  33. 15,000 – Basildon
  34. 15,000 – Peterborough
  35. 15,000 – Bury
  36. 14,000 – Sunderland
  37. 14,000 – Walsall
  38. 14,000 – Southend-on-Sea
  39. 14,000 – Chelmsford
  40. 13,000 – Brighton
  41. 13,000 – Reading
  42. 13,000 – Telford
  43. 12,000 – Oxford
  44. 12,000 – Dundee
  45. 12,000 – Poole
  46. 12,000 – Huddersfield
  47. 12,000 – Newport
  48. 12,000 – Blackpool
  49. 11,000 – Bolton
  50. 10,000 – Cambridge
  51. 10,000 – Exeter
  52. 7,000 – Basingstoke
  53. 7,000 – Bath
  54. 7,000 – Maidenhead
  55. 6,000 – Barnsley
  56. 5,000 – Andover
  57. 5,000 – Ashford
  58. 5,000 – Aylesbury
  59. 4,000 – Bracknell
  60. 4,000 – Wrexham
  61. 2,000 – Amersham

Workings can be demonstrated here

Photo of author
BY Jonathan Ratcliffe

Jonathan manages Marketing at CCTV.co.uk - with over 15 years experience in CCTV Installation - he writes as an Expert in CCTV Systems, News, Crime Rate Analysis and other FAQs