Estates - Case study
Sectional title complex - intercom & access upgrade
Umhlanga, Durban - completed May 2026 by our KwaZulu-Natal team · CCTV installation in Umhlanga
- Units
- 96
- Cameras
- 14 × 4MP IP
- Intercoms
- 3 GSM
An intercom and access upgrade for a sectional title complex, replacing ageing wiring with GSM gate intercoms and linking entrances to CCTV.
Equipment supplied
- ▸Dahua 16-ch NVR
- ▸14 × Dahua 4MP IP cameras
- ▸3 × GSM gate intercoms
- ▸Remote and tag access
- ▸Battery backup
Scope of work
What international research shows
Published findings on this kind of intervention elsewhere, not results measured on this site.
In residential areas, CCTV schemes were associated with a statistically significant 12% reduction in crime compared with control areas.
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 meta-analysis of alley gating, which restricts access to the routes offenders use to reach properties, found modest but significant reductions in burglary, with little evidence of crime simply moving to nearby streets.
Source: Sidebottom, Tompson, Thornton, Bullock, Tilley, Bowers & Johnson (2018), Gating Alleys to Reduce Crime: A Meta-Analysis and Realist Synthesis, Justice Quarterly 35(1)
See how we secure the estates sector: Estates CCTV & Security Solutions