Question : Which Indian city has been ranked 16 th among the “Top 50 Most Surveilled Cities globally” ?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Chennai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
Answer : (a)
Related facts
- Hyderabad has been ranked 16 th among the “Top 50 Most Surveilled Cities globally” according to a report published by a UK-based firm on July,2020.
Firm
- This UK based firm is ‘Comparitech’.
Key findings
- Cities in China are under the heaviest CCTV surveillance in the world.
- 18 out of the top 20 most surveilled cities are in China
- London and Hyderabad were the only cities outside of China to make the top 20, with London taking third place and Hyderabad sixteenth
- By 2021, over one billion surveillance cameras will be installed worldwide, according to IHS Markit’s latest report
- Globally, there are already 770 million cameras in use with 54% of these being in China
- We found little correlation between the number of public CCTV cameras and crime or safety
The top 50 most-surveilled cities
| City | Country | # of CCTV Cameras | # of People | # of CCTV Cameras per 1,000 People | Crime Index |
| Taiyuan | China | 465,255 | 3,891,127 | 119.57 | 51.47 |
| Wuxi | China | 300,000 | 3,256,020 | 92.14 | 7.84 |
| London | England (UK) | 627,727 | 9,304,016 | 67.47 | 52.56 |
| Changsha | China | 260,000 | 4,577,723 | 56.80 | 22.68 |
| Beijing | China | 1,150,000 | 20,462,610 | 56.20 | 34.52 |
| Hangzhou | China | 400,000 | 7,642,147 | 52.34 | 21.46 |
| Kunming | China | 200,000 | 4,443,186 | 45.01 | 29.17 |
| Qingdao | China | 250,000 | 5,619,977 | 44.48 | 7.42 |
| Xiamen | China | 150,000 | 3,720,141 | 40.32 | 19.09 |
| Harbin | China | 250,000 | 6,387,195 | 39.14 | 30.17 |
| Suzhou | China | 270,000 | 7,069,992 | 38.19 | 16.63 |
| Shanghai | China | 1,000,000 | 27,058,480 | 36.96 | 35.54 |
| Urumqi | China | 160,000 | 4,368,865 | 36.62 | 26.72 |
| Chengdu | China | 310,000 | 9,135,768 | 33.93 | 24.18 |
| Shenzhen | China | 400,000 | 12,356,820 | 32.37 | 33.43 |
| Hyderabad | India | 300,000 | 10,004,144 | 29.99 | 43.46 |
| Ji’nan | China | 160,000 | 5,360,185 | 29.85 | 15.79 |
| Shenyang | China | 200,000 | 7,220,104 | 27.70 | 22.18 |
| Hefei | China | 113,795 | 4,241,514 | 26.83 | 11.03 |
| Tianjin | China | 350,000 | 13,589,078 | 25.76 | 30.28 |
| Chennai | India | 280,000 | 10,971,108 | 25.52 | 40.68 |
| Nanjing | China | 220,000 | 8,847,372 | 24.87 | 13.31 |
| Wuhan | China | 200,000 | 8,364,977 | 23.91 | 24.45 |
| Changchun | China | 100,000 | 4,425,761 | 22.59 | 23.82 |
| Guangzhou | China | 300,000 | 13,301,532 | 22.55 | 40.08 |
| Zhengzhou | China | 100,000 | 5,322,696 | 18.79 | 21.84 |
| Chongqing | China | 290,000 | 15,872,179 | 18.27 | 29.58 |
| Baghdad | Iraq | 120,000 | 7,144,260 | 16.80 | 65.49 |
| Moscow | Russia | 193,000 | 12,537,954 | 15.39 | 39.68 |
| Wenzhou | China | 55,144 | 3,623,646 | 15.22 | 22.79 |
| Dongguan | China | 110,000 | 7,407,852 | 14.85 | 46.73 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 86,000 | 5,935,053 | 14.49 | 32.01 |
| Delhi | India | 429,500 | 30,290,396 | 14.18 | 58.69 |
| Foshan | China | 100,000 | 7,326,852 | 13.65 | 36.4 |
| Shijiazhuang | China | 54,000 | 4,114,393 | 13.12 | N/A |
| Sydney | Australia | 60,000 | 4,925,987 | 12.18 | 33.45 |
| St. Petersburg | Russia | 55,064 | 5,467,808 | 10.07 | 39.22 |
| Nanchang | China | 35,000 | 3,598,421 | 9.73 | 26.47 |
| Nanning | China | 37,000 | 3,859,608 | 9.59 | 22.3 |
| Lanzhou | China | 25,200 | 3,080,522 | 8.18 | N/A |
| Xinbei (New Taipei City) | Taiwan | 35,000 | 4,398,383 | 7.96 | 29.03 |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 109,000 | 15,190,336 | 7.18 | 47.37 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 50,000 | 7,547,652 | 6.62 | 20.91 |
| Guiyang | China | 20,000 | 3,317,110 | 6.03 | N/A |
| Dalian | China | 32,000 | 5,617,849 | 5.70 | 17.53 |
| Los Angeles | United States | 22,678 | 4,015,940 | 5.65 | 46.5 |
| Xian | China | 45,000 | 8,000,965 | 5.62 | N/A |
| Bangkok | Thailand | 57,770 | 10,539,415 | 5.48 | 41.46 |
| Guadalajara | Mexico | 25,672 | 5,179,479 | 4.96 | 62.66 |
| Berlin | Germany | 17,464 | 3,562,038 | 4.90 | 41.08 |
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://www.comparitech.com/vpn-privacy/the-worlds-most-surveilled-cities/
https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/hyderabad-16th-among-20-cities-globally-in-cctv-surveillance-tops-in-india-120080300092_1.html