Experts warn that these gaps in surveillance are putting public safety at risk and not jealousying crime prevention efforts.
Although the Council has improved a defective chamber rate or 58.2 percent in 2023, 29.5 percent or the cameras remain non -operational axis or on April 3, 2025.
Croydon had 98 cameras in 2023, and experts say that continuous lack of reliability could compromise crime resolution capabilities.
Shahzad Ali, CEO of Get Licensed, emphasized that CCTV cameras are crucial both for prevention and to resolve crime. “CCTV buildings are five times more likely to be stolen,” he said, urging local authorities to ensure that their systems are completely functional.
In marked contrast, the neighboring council of the municipality of Sutton reported that 98 percent of its cameras were working the same period studied for obtaining a license. Ali believes that this highlights Croydon’s fight to maintain an effective CCTV network, while other municipalities manage to keep their systems working without problems.
He added: “As we can see in this study, there are still black points in this CCTV coverage.
“Some local authorities reported that more than 50 percent of their CCTV cameras are out of operation due to failures or lack of maintenance.
“Therefore, it is important that people continually encourage to train in the security sector, obtaining knowledge in the CCTV operation so that they can help identify failures and help the United Kingdom move trailers to become a safer place.”
A Board spokesman said: “The security and well -being of residents and visitors is a priority for executive mayor Jason Perry, and we work in close collaboration with the police and our partners so that the municipality is safer.
“The mayor plans to continue updating the entire Croydon CCTV public chamber system, and this will allow us to work more effectively with the police for declines and deter crime and antisocial behavior.
“We are also investing in improving our mobile chambers. These can be temporarily installed in areas around the municipality where we see an increase in crime or antisocial behavior so that we can work with local police equipment to attack the hot points and the light of the wall of the wall of the wall, the wall of the wall of the wall of the wall, the desire, the wall of wallity.
“The spokesman added that the repairs are carried out rapidly to ensure that the Croydon CCTV network returns to maximum strength. The efforts of the Council to improve security are in fixed and mobile solutions.
Last month, with the police he announced that facial recognition cameras will soon be mounted in street furniture in Croydon as part of a pilot project.
This follows previous display of live facial recognition vans (LFR) in several districts of London, including Croydon.
The LFR technology maps the facial characteristics of a person and compares them with the surveillance lists, but concerns have been raised about the use of data and storage. The member of the London Assembly of the Green party, Zoe Garbett, criticized the scheme, describing it as “surveillance without our knowledge.”
