Commercial CCTV installation in Birmingham
We specialise in commercial CCTV systems, designed, installed and maintained by our team for offices, shops, schools, charities and industrial sites across Birmingham. Choose a self-monitored system you check from your phone, or a monitored solution through our EMCS monitoring station. Either way you get clear footage you can actually use, and a local team in the West Midlands when something needs looking at.
- Free site survey, no obligation
- NSI approved for CCTV
- Enhanced DBS checked engineers
- Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts
Accredited & approved
Photo: The Library of Birmingham by Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped
Self-monitored or monitored CCTV: you choose
We specialise in commercial CCTV, and we offer it two ways:
- Self-monitored. You and your team watch live and recorded footage on your phone, tablet or computer, with motion alerts sent straight to you.
- Monitored through our EMCS monitoring station. Your cameras are linked to our EMCS monitoring station, so trained operators act on what the cameras see when you're not watching.
On the free site survey we'll talk through which suits your building, your opening hours and your insurer.
CCTV we already look after in Birmingham
Assay Studios, Jewellery Quarter
Assay Studios at 141 Newhall Street is a Grade II listed former assay office, now creative office space shared by many tenants. We look after the building's CCTV and access control, as well as its fire alarm and fire extinguisher servicing. A listed, multi-tenant building means neat cable routes, cameras that suit the building, and footage the managing agent can get to quickly. See the Birmingham case study.
The Hollymoor Centre, Northfield
The Hollymoor Centre is a charity-run education centre with a nursery. After we replaced their fire alarm in an emergency, the centre moved all their systems across to us, and our team installed a new CCTV system of 32 Hikvision IP turret cameras across the site. Read the Hollymoor case study.
Does your CCTV let you down when you need it?
We're often asked to look at business CCTV that looks fine on the wall but doesn't help when something happens:
- Footage too grainy, or cameras pointing the wrong way, so you can't make out a face or a number plate.
- A recorder that stopped recording weeks ago, and nobody noticed.
- No way to check the cameras when you're not on site.
- A system fitted by a company that's gone quiet, with nobody to call.
Get it right once, and you've got evidence when you need it and a deterrent the rest of the time.
CCTV installation for Birmingham businesses
Multi-let offices and listed buildings
City-centre buildings around Colmore Row, the Jewellery Quarter and Digbeth often have several tenants, shared entrances and period features. We plan camera positions and cable routes to cover entrances, receptions, stairs and bike stores without spoiling the building, and set up access so the right people can view the right cameras.
Jewellers and high-value retail
We have security experience with jewellers' premises. Cameras that cover counters, safes, doors and the street frontage, linked to your intruder alarm and monitored if you need it, so footage and alarm events tell the same story.
Schools, nurseries and charities
Cameras around gates, car parks and entrances to support safeguarding. Our engineers all hold enhanced DBS checks, and we plan the work for school holidays, half-terms, evenings or weekends wherever we can. We understand how carefully charity budgets have to be managed.
Industrial units, warehouses and yards
Perimeter and yard cameras with infrared for clear images after dark, and ANPR where you need to log vehicles in and out, for sites in Tyseley, Aston, Witton, Erdington and the trading estates around the city. See fire and security for warehouses.
What goes into a SAFE CCTV system
- HD and 4K IP cameras, inside and out
- Infrared night vision for clear images after dark
- Network video recorders with storage sized to how long you need to keep footage
- Secure remote viewing on your phone, tablet or PC, and motion alerts sent to you
- ANPR (number plate recognition) for car parks, gates and yards
- Self-monitored CCTV, or monitored CCTV through our EMCS monitoring station. See alarm monitoring
- Linked security: cameras working with your intruder alarm, access control (fingerprint readers, phone-based access, remotely managed systems) and video intercoms. See door entry and intercoms
Want the full picture first? Read how to choose a commercial CCTV installer, or see our main business CCTV installation page.
How it works
- Free site survey. We walk your site with you and agree what each camera needs to see. It's a short, non-invasive visit: we see what's needed, guide you to the right solution and give you costs.
- Design. Camera positions, recording and storage, set out in a clear written proposal.
- Install and commission. Our team fits and tests the system, sets up remote viewing and shows your staff how to use it.
- Maintenance. Routine servicing keeps cameras clean, aimed and recording, with records in your customer portal.
CCTV and UK GDPR, in plain English
Business CCTV records personal data, so the rules apply. We set your system up with that in mind:
- Cameras aimed at your property, not neighbours or the street beyond what you need
- Clear CCTV signs where cameras are in use
- Secure, password-protected recording and remote access
- Footage you can find and export quickly if it's requested
Businesses using CCTV may need to pay the ICO data protection fee, and you stay responsible for how footage is used. Check the ICO's guidance for your situation.
One team for fire and security in Birmingham
Most sites need more than cameras. We also install and maintain fire alarms in Birmingham, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, intruder alarms and access control, and carry out EICRs for commercial buildings. One company, one portal, one number to call.
Areas we cover across Birmingham
The whole city, including the Colmore Business District, Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth, Edgbaston, Harborne, Selly Oak, Northfield, Longbridge, Erdington, Aston, Tyseley, Sutton Coldfield and the Solihull border, plus the wider West Midlands. See all the areas we cover.
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CCTV installation in Birmingham: your questions answered
Do you install CCTV in Birmingham?
Is SAFE NSI approved for CCTV?
Do you install home CCTV?
Can I see my cameras on my phone?
Can you take over CCTV another company fitted?
Can you monitor our CCTV, or can we monitor it ourselves?
How much does CCTV installation cost in Birmingham?
See what's happening on your site
Book your free site survey with SAFE. No obligation and no hard sell.
SAFE Fire & Security Systems Ltd, La Husbands, Shelah Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3PP. Office open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts.
SAFE Fire & Security Systems Ltd, La Husbands, Shelah Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3PP · Office open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Breakdown cover on maintenance contracts.