20 Most Surveilled Cities In The World - Delhi Tops The List

As per a report by Comparitech, the majority of the world¡¯s most surveilled cities are located in China. But the national capital Delhi has been making headlines for its generous use of surveillance technology and is featured heavily throughout the whole ranking that looked at some of the most populous cities worldwide under surveillance.

National capital Delhi has topped the list by beating cities like London, Shanghai, Singapore, New York and Beijing with the maximum number of CCTV cameras per square mile. Delhi reportedly has 1826.58 CCTVs covering per square mile.

Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi took to social media and gave a compliment to the city officers and engineers for achieving the mission in a short time.

In his tweet, he said, ¡°I feel proud to say that Delhi beat cities like Shanghai, New York and London with the most CCTV cameras per square mile across the world. At first, Delhi has 1,826 cameras, while at second, London has 1,138 cameras per square mile. My compliments to the Delhi Government¡¯s officers and engineers who worked on the project like a mission and achieved the feat in such a short time.¡±

CCTV surveillance technology is controversial in many places around the world, with proponents touting its benefits for fighting crime and opponents cautious about surveillance¡¯s potential to be used as a tool of public control and to violate privacy rights.

The makers of the survey said that they found little correlation between lower crime rates or a heightened feeling of security and surveillance in the cities surveyed.

Here are the cities with the most surveillance cameras per square mile.