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The Council has worked with Wallingford, Didcot, Thame and Henley Town councils to introduce town centre CCTV schemes. 

The schemes help improve the detection of crime and reduce the fear of crime in the town centres.  The Council funded the cost of the installation, along with a large proportion of the running costs of the schemes.  The town councils in Henley, Wallingford, Thame and Didcot each contribute one-third of the annual running costs.

As well as being used to detect crime and disorder, CCTV is also used to monitor traffic, locate missing persons and give advance warning of fires or other emergency situations.   

The CCTV Control Room is located in Abingdon where Vale of White Horse District Council staff are employed to monitor the cameras 24 hours a day, seven days per week.

Code of practice

The CCTV cameras are operated according to a Code of Practice adopted by the Thames Valley CCTV Users.  To download the code from the Vale of White Horse District Council website follow the link on the right (please be aware that the code is being reviewed and updated).

Requesting CCTV evidence

The CCTV code offers guidance for people wishing to make requests for access to CCTV footage, and includes an application form to request access .  Requests for CCTV footage should go to:

CCTV Supervisor
CCTV Control Room
Abingdon Police Station
Thames Valley Police
Colwell Drive
Abingdon OX14 1AU

Telephone 01235 556929

A fee of £10.00 is payable for each access request along with suitable identification documents.

All incidents that relate to crime including offences under the Road Traffic Act should, in the first instance be reported to Thames Valley Police.

Please note that CCTV data that has not previously been requested is retained on the system for a maximum of 31 days.

The South Oxfordshire CCTV Management Group

The CCTV Management group has been established to improve communication links between partners,  agree actions for driving change where necessary, and provide opportunities to review relevant aspects of the schemes. To view the group's terms of reference follow the link on the right.

CCTV Reports

You can download CCTV annual reports, which review the effectiveness of CCTV camera systems in South Oxfordshire, from the menu on the right.  Quarterly reports for each of the town centre schemes are available on request from:

The Community Safety and Antisocial behaviour officer, South Oxfordshire District Council, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, WALLINGFORD, OX10 8AX.  Tel. 01491 823615.