More London bus stops now have CCTV cameras as part of a push to tackle violence against women and girls (Picture: Luca Marino)
CCTV cameras have been installed at more bus stops in London after alarming levels of violence against women and girls – but campaigners have said more needs to be done.
TfL has launched a new 12-month trial with the Metropolitan Police designed to tackle safety issues and violence against women and girls.
Now a further 15 bus stops have been fitted with the new CCTV system across 11 London boroughs, meaning a total of 20 shelters across the capital now have the cameras.
It comes after the surveillance technology was first tested at five bus stops in March across London – one of the world’s most surveilled cities.
The further CCTV cameras were launched as part of the White Ribbon Day (Picture: TfL)
Footage from the cameras will be available to the Met to assist with police investigations with footage kept for 31 days to ‘ensure the transport network is a safe and low-crime environment,’ London’s deputy mayor for transport Seb Dance said.
Here are the locations for all the bus shelter TfL cameras.
Map shows locations of bus shelters with CCTV
The CCTV locations were selected to ‘provide good coverage across London’ and to help understand how effective security cameras are at different locations, TfL said.
The transport authority selected a mix of busy locations with high footfall, quieter spots with less frequent bus services, higher crime rate areas and locations where women and girls have reported feeling ‘more unsafe.’
The cameras have been installed in Brent, Croydon, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Lambeth, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Westminster.
This map shows where the bus stops with CCTV cameras will be installed (Image: METRO)
Despite London’s network of security cameras, women and girls continue to report being attacked and harassed in the city.
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More than 1 million crimes against women and girls were recorded last year in England alone, making up around 20% of all crimes logged by forces.
The latest figures from the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing show a 37% increase in violent crimes against women and girls between 2018 and 2023 in the UK.
Bus shelter CCTV locations in London
Here is a list of all the locations with bus shelter CCTV.
Bakers Road (Uxbridge)
Greenleaf Road/Hoe Street (Walthamstow)
Dollis Hill Station and Ellesmere Road
Wormholt Rd Shepherd’s Bush
Vauxhall – Lambeth High Street
Edgware Road Westminster
Brixton Road/Ferndale
West Croydon – London Road
Fairfield Ward (Whitgift Centre Stops)
Soho
Barking Road (near Canning Town station)
Victoria Station
Whitechapel Road to Mile End road, outside of Whitechapel
Hackney (Central and Dalston)
Wanstead Station
Stratford City (near bus …read more
Source:: Metro