Who is the most surveilled city in the world by CCTV density is often cited as Taiyuan in China, or other Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai, but according to recent studies, Indian city of Hyderabad and Delhi have also ranked high, and London is most surveilled in Western world. However, per capita studies show that Chinese cities dominate, with Taiyuan having over 120 cameras per 1000 people, followed by Wuxi and London with about 70 cameras per 1000 people. Another ranking by Comparitech listed Taiyuan, China as most surveilled with 117 cameras per 1000, while Hyderabad, India had about 30 per 1000 but rapidly growing. London, UK has about 65 cameras per 1000 people in some reports, making it most surveilled outside China. Beijing has massive total number over 1 million cameras. Some reports list Chongqing as most surveilled with over 2.5 million cameras total. The answer varies by metric, total number versus per capita, but Chinese cities consistently rank highest due to government Skynet project, with Taiyuan, Beijing, and Shanghai at top, while London is most surveilled Western city, and New York, Los Angeles, and Delhi also have very high camera counts.
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