Background: Camera surveillance and safety is commonly a topic when talking about crime reduction, camera surveillance has a decreasing effect on crime, therefore increases the feelings of safety for society and those who live there.

Theoretical perspective: CPTED is a theory based on the fact that the environment and society can be manipulated using different strategies and concepts, as for example surveillance, access control and territorial reinforcement, both as mechanical, organized and natural. This is to increase safety and security to create a higher quality of life and profitability.

Material and method: To study the relation between the attitude on increased camera surveillance and the experience of Gothenburg as a safe and secure city, the SOM survey from 2020 was used. The participants were randomly selected and were in the ages 16-85. A total of 1613 participants responded to the survey, which was a total of 43 percent. The survey was sent out in two rounds, the two variables that are the focus of the present paper were only found in sub-survey 2. To study this relation, a multiple regression analysis with 5000 boost rap repeats was performed.

Results: The association between the opinion on increased camera surveillance and the experience of Gothenburg as a safe and secure city showed a weak negative significant correlation and when checking for the background variables age, income and growing up in Sweden, the correlation remained significant.Conclusion: Those who considered Gothenburg a safe and secure city had a negative attitude towards increased camera surveillance, this means that those who perceived Gothenburg as an unsafe and insecure city had a positive attitude towards increased camera surveillance.