Grimsby CCTV Upgrade

£2m CCTV network overhaul completed in Grimsby

02:22 11 January 2023

The £2million CCTV network overhaul in Grimsby has been recently completed. It has been four years in the making and the cost has doubled due to "unforeseen costs" and extra elements added to the project, the official report shows. 

The local authority has unveiled the fully refurbished control room and brought in new cameras. The work will allow for quicker link-up between the control room and Humberside Police to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour more efficiently and in a timely manner. 

North East Lincolnshire Council, in partnership with EQUANS, began the update of the CCTV system in Summer of 2022 following reports that the old CCTV system had been already viewed as "beyond its life expectancy". 

Cllr Ron Shepherd, the portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities, said: "This piece of work has been about making residents feel safer on our streets and in their communities, and I believe that it will achieve that outcome.

“The old network was in desperate need of upgrades, and we have invested in it to the point where we have upgraded 97 existing CCTV cameras and introduced an additional 61 new cameras across the borough so that they offer better quality images and can be monitored easily.

"Following the new upgrades, I expect that this work will continue to a greater degree. We have no place for crime and anti-social behaviour in our borough, and I’m hoping that these latest CCTV upgrades will act as a deterrent to any would-be criminals this Christmas."