Cardiff is the fourth most watched city in the whole of the UK, new statistics reveal
In this day and age, we are used to seeing CCTV cameras on every street, around every corner we turn, whether behind the wheel or on foot
But how watched are we? How many cameras are there in our capital city, and in the whole of Wales? A company called Get Licensed, who provide training on all things CCTV, has obtained information that reveals the number of cameras on our streets, and the cost that goes with operating them
They contacted councils from all over the UK to ask them how many CCTV cameras they operated
Cardiff, despite being the tenth largest city in the UK by population, has the fourth highest number of CCTV cameras with more than a thousand in the Cardiff Council area
This is more than 15 times the number of cameras in the city and county of Swansea
There are 1,022 cameras in Cardiff in total, the only Welsh area that makes the top 20 list of the UK's most watched areas
The next Welsh area in terms of number of CCTV cameras is Rhondda Cynon Taff, with 300
Surprisingly, Fife in Scotland is the most watched area in the whole of the UK with 1,158 cameras, followed by Southampton with 1,150 and Leeds with 1,066
Here's a full breakdown of the number of cameras in your area: - Blaenau Gwent County Borough - 63 - Bridgend County Borough Council & Vale of Glamorgan - 204 - Cardiff Council - 1022 - City & County of Swansea - 64 - Conwy County Borough Council - 102 - Denbighshire Council - 94 - Flintshire County Council - 78 - Gwynedd Council - 73 - Merthyr Tydfil Council - 90 - Monmouthshire Council - 38 - Neath Port Talbot Council - 49 - Newport Council - 39 - Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council - 300 - Torfaen County Borough - 48 - Wrexham County Borough Council – 135 Other councils either did not provide the information requested or their CCTV is outsourced to another company
Cardiff Council pays staff £658,638 a year to operate the cameras, and spends a further £248,629 on CCTV maintenance costs
The number of cameras in the capital make up almost a third of the total amount in the whole of Wales
Throughout the country, there are 3,421 CCTV cameras. The cost of operating all these cameras in terms of staff is just short of £2million a year, with additional maintenance costs of more than £850,000
In the whole of the UK, there are 46,950 cameras, costing local authorities more than £31million a year in staff operation costs and more than 10million in maintenance costs, meaning that the tax payer pays around £42million each year to monitor our streets
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