We’ve installed new CCTV cameras and additional lighting at The Level in central Brighton.
The cameras have been installed on 6 metre tall columns behind the pavilion buildings to cover the whole park.
We’ve also installed additional street lighting to improve visibility and safety at night.
The aim is that the cameras and additional lighting will help us tackle the continued vandalism and tagging in the park.
The Level is subject to increasing amounts of tagging and graffiti offences.
Tagging is unsightly and ruins the look and feel of the park which is an important green space for residents and local families.
Tagging often covers up important signage in the park, including safety signage on the children’s dancing fountain, children’s playground, the skate park and encompassing bike lanes.
The tagged signage around the park cannot be cleaned and must be replaced because of the type of paint used which is costly for the council.
The CCTV will be monitored and our enforcement team will respond to graffiti and tagging offences immediately.
Vandals caught in the act will be issued with a fixed penalty notice (FPN) and could be prosecuted.
Any suspicious behaviour and crimes will be reported to Sussex Police by our team.
The new CCTV cameras are better equipped to capture and record anti-social behaviour in action.
As well as offering a 360 degree views of the park, the cameras have been designed to provide multidirectional video surveillance that our enforcement team can zoom in and see anti-social behaviour more clearly.
If you see hate-based or offensive graffiti or stickering, please report it though our environmental enforcement hotline or our online request a clean-up form.
We aim to remove offensive graffiti and stickering within 24 hours of it being reported to us.
We only remove graffiti when it’s offensive or on council property. You can find information about removing graffiti on private property on our what to do about graffiti webpage.
