Retail - Case study
Convenience store group - armed robbery response
Mthatha, Eastern Cape - completed April 2026 by our Eastern Cape team · CCTV installation in Mthatha
- Stores
- 3
- Cameras
- 22 × 4MP IP
- Monitoring
- 24/7 offsite
CCTV with panic-linked offsite monitoring for a convenience store group, so operators can see a store as soon as staff raise an alert.
Equipment supplied
- ▸Dahua NVR at each store
- ▸22 × Dahua 4MP IP cameras
- ▸Panic button integration
- ▸24/7 offsite monitoring connection
- ▸Battery backup
Scope of work
What international research shows
Published findings on this kind of intervention elsewhere, not results measured on this site.
Actively monitored systems, where operators alert security or police while an incident is unfolding, were associated with significant crime reductions. Passive systems that only record showed no significant effect.
Source: Piza, Welsh, Farrington & Thomas (2019), CCTV surveillance for crime prevention: a 40-year systematic review with meta-analysis, Criminology & Public Policy, as summarised by the US National Institute of Justice's CrimeSolutionsA 40-year meta-analysis of 76 CCTV evaluations found about 14% lower odds of crime in areas with CCTV than in comparable areas without it. The effect was modest overall, and the review found no significant effect on violent crime, which is why cameras work best as one layer alongside access control and response.
Source: Piza, Welsh, Farrington & Thomas (2019), CCTV surveillance for crime prevention: a 40-year systematic review with meta-analysis, Criminology & Public Policy, as summarised by the US National Institute of Justice's CrimeSolutions
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