CCTV and community safety
We have CCTV cameras in operation across the borough in key town centre locations.
In 2023 we upgraded the CCTV cameras in some of our green spaces and car parks where there is little or no surveillance from privately-owned CCTV:
- Priory Park, Reigate
- Memorial Park, Redhill
- Lady Neville Recreation Ground, Banstead
- Bancroft Road car park, Reigate
- Clarendon Road multi-storey car park in Redhill
These cameras record and store images for 28 days so they can be viewed when they are needed.
The remaining cameras, which are in key town centre locations, record and store images for 14 days.
Changes to our CCTV
In 2020, the Council reviewed the role of its CCTV system in supporting community safety in response to the Surrey Police's 'Surrey Open Space CCTV Strategy 2017-2022', which included handing over the police-run monitoring of CCTV to local authorities.
In December 2020, the Council’s Executive approved proposals to modernise the Council’s CCTV system by upgrading cameras where they are most needed and decommissioning others in areas with good surveillance by privately owned CCTV.
The upgraded cameras have been installed and we are currently reviewing the use of the cameras in the wider public realm.
Alternative public realm surveillance
There is significant CCTV coverage across the borough through privately-owned cameras and mobile recording devices, such as smartphones and dashcams.
Many privately-owned CCTV cameras, used to protect private assets, also provide alternative public realm surveillance, particularly in town centres. Most images now used by Surrey Police come from mobile phones, dashcam footage and privately-owned CCTV and this is expected to continue.
Further information
CCTV surveillance is one part of our Community Safety work. Find out more about: