AI Behaviour Detection Chester

Why Chester?

Chester has a population of around 80,000 but draws millions of tourists each year to its Roman walls, medieval architecture and racecourse, making it one of the UK's most visited heritage cities relative to its size. With hundreds of licensed venues and active sites across the Cheshire area, the demand for fast, accurate detection is high.

• Chester Racecourse is the oldest in continuous use in the world and hosts major race meetings throughout the season, with the Chester Cup and May Festival drawing large, high-spirited crowds where access control and crowd anomaly detection are operational priorities.
• Chester Zoo is one of the UK's most visited paid attractions, drawing over two million visitors a year, with crowd management across a large outdoor site and multiple indoor venues that fall squarely within Martyn's Law scope.
• The Rows and Eastgate Street form Chester's internationally recognised retail and tourism core, where theft detection and crowd monitoring are daily requirements, particularly in peak summer and Christmas season when visitor numbers surge.
• Chester's city centre bar and restaurant district around Northgate Street generates significant evening footfall, with drink spiking and late-night aggression incidents a consistent challenge for venue operators and the licensing authority.
• The Northgate development has brought major new retail and leisure space to the city centre, alongside construction activity that requires PPE compliance and site security monitoring throughout the build phase.