New CCTV cameras in Didcot to help reduce crime and boost public safety
It's part of a £160,000 project to digitise town centre CCTV cameras across South Oxfordshire
Five new high-definition CCTV cameras have been installed in Didcot town centre which aims to help boost public safety and cut crime.
It marks the completion of a £160,000 project to digitise town centre CCTV cameras across South Oxfordshire, meaning all cameras are now fully digitalised.
The district council say it provides CCTV operators with much greater picture clarity to help support public safety and to assist the emergency services.
They say the new cameras are also more energy efficient than the old analogue ones, playing a small part in helping the council to reduce its carbon emissions.
Councillor Georgina Heritage, Cabinet Member for Community Safety at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “The installation of these new high-definition cameras in Didcot marks the final step in fully digitalising our public space CCTV across South Oxfordshire’s town centres.
“With more than £160,000 invested in new cameras, cabling and control room technology, we’re providing clearer images to support public safety, assist emergency services and help reduce crime – while also improving energy efficiency to support our carbon reduction goals.”
The Didcot CCTV project also included installing a new camera to cover the junction by the Cow Lane bridge.
The council say the new camera ‘ensures coverage of both pedestrian and vehicular activity in a key part of the town, helping to improve public safety over a wider area’.
The district council, in partnership with Vale of White Horse District Council, runs the CCTV control room that oversees town centre schemes in Abingdon, Didcot, Faringdon, Henley, Thame and Wallingford and Wantage.
The service provides an important role in helping the police to keep people safe and detect crime.
Last year, CCTV operators monitored over 300 incidents in Didcot alone and supported the police in making 23 arrests in the town.