According to the statistics it turns out thet Wandsworth has more securyti cameras than Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham combined! In other words – no matter where you are, you can`t be far from CCTV camera in Wandsworth…

Here is another interesting fact: Hackney has more security cameras than the whole Wales.

And here are the number of security cameras in each London borough:

  • Barnet: 111
  • Bexley: 261
  • Brent: 180
  • Bromley: 184
  • Camden: 1,015
  • Croydon: 91
  • Ealing: 615
  • Enfield: 332
  • Greenwich: 680
  • Hackney: 2,900
  • Hammersmith and Fulham: 1,150
  • Haringey: 68
  • Harrow: 166
  • Havering: 467
  • Hillingdon: 674
  • Hounslow: 197
  • Islington: 181
  • Kensington and Chelsea: 58
  • Kingston upon Thames: 137
  • Lambeth: 42
  • Lewisham: 171
  • Merton: No information
  • Newham: 204
  • Redbridge: 285
  • Richmond upon Thames: 103
  • Southwark: 305
  • Sutton: 184
  • Tower Hamlets: 386
  • Waltham Forest: 397
  • Wandsworth: 2,246
  • Westminster: 134

Source: Big Brother Watch

For good or bad security cameras are everywhere nowadays. No matter whether we like it or not, “Big brother” is watching us.