AI-powered CCTV system
Benefits
The new AI-powered CCTV system allows for real-time searches in seconds instead of hours, automatic motion detection with alerts for unusual activity, and enables searches based on descriptions rather than exact times/dates. The system costs less than replacing the old one (£300,000 initial investment) while delivering far more capability.
Details
- Tool name
- AI-powered CCTV system
- Organisation
- North Tyneside Council
- Status
- live
- AI method (as recorded)
- Computer Vision, Machine Learning, generativeAI
- AI method (normalised tags)
- Computer Vision Machine Learning generativeAI
- Usecase
- Security and Monitoring
- Origin
- northtyneside.gov.uk
- Owning team
- North Tyneside Council
- Date added
- Scrape date
- 18/09/2026
- Source note
- North Tyneside Council is rolling out 200+ new AI-powered CCTV cameras across the borough, with approximately half already installed in high-need areas including North Shields, Meadow Well, Wallsend, Fish Quay, Whitley Bay, Howdon, and Council Customer First Centres. The system includes privacy features such as 'privacy zones' that block views of private homes and live face-blurring capability. [Source]