Crime and antisocial behaviour is being tackled in Barnet with new moveable CCTV cameras introduced by Labour.
The CCTV revolution compares to Barnet under the Conservatives, where CCTV cameras were broken or didn’t work 70% of the time and there was no 24/7 monitoring.
The extent of their impact was reported to the last meeting of Barnet’s Full Council on the 21st October.
Councillors were told that the council now has 33 cameras that: “are not fixed and can be moved into temporary positions for days, weeks, or months at a time, meaning the council can react to issues in specific areas and monitor them.”
The result is that in the year leading up to October 2025, 125 incidents of flytipping, 29 antisocial behaviour incidents and two wanted people were caught. 469 incidents were reported in total during the time period.
Barnet Labour has also introduced two CCTV patrol vehicles which have four cameras each. The feeds from these cameras are live monitored directly by the CCTV Control room, increasing the flexibility of the CCTV coverage of the borough and supporting the high visibility patrols and police partnership initiatives.
Barnet’s Labour Cabinet member for Community Safety, Councillor Sara Conway, said: “The Conservatives failed to protect this borough properly, and tackle crime and anti-social behaviour effectively by leaving the CCTV system not working 70 per cent of the time, not monitored 24/7 and not reviewed or upgraded for many years.
“Barnet Labour will always be ambitious for residents’ safety, as shown by the significant impact of Barnet’s upgraded and expanded CCTV system as part of our proactive and comprehensive approach to improving community safety.”
