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Seven of ten murders solved by CCTV (Richard Edwards, 01 Jan 2009, Daily Telegraph)

Almost seven out of ten murders are solved using footage captured by CCTV cameras, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

The first study of its kind into the effectiveness of surveillance cameras revealed that almost every Scotland Yard murder inquiry uses their footage as evidence.

In 90 murder cases over a one year period, CCTV was used in 86 investigations, and senior officers said it helped to solve 65 cases by capturing the murder itself on film, or tracking the movements of the suspects before or after an attack.

In a third of the cases a good quality still image was taken from the footage from which witnesses identified the killer.

Britain has more cameras in public spaces than any other country in the world – an estimated 4.2 million – and a person can be captured up to 300 times a day by CCTV in London.