Every face. Checked.
The camera will scan each face and check it against the list of people reported for theft.
Neighbourhood watch facial screening
Socioculus links local businesses together with frontier AI facial recognition models for an affordable price.
What happens to a face at the door
Planned flow. Synthetic face, no real person.
No match.Deleted.
The camera will delete the face code at once. No visitor list. No tracking between shops.
Two shops report.A person checks.
One report warns only your door. A trained person must confirm that two reports show the same person before nearby members get alerts.
A possible match.You decide.
Staff will compare the picture with the person in front of them. An alert is never a reason to accuse, search or stop anyone.
Crime costs a corner shop thousands a year.Large retailers report only 15% of incidents to the police.
- 5.8m
Shop thefts across UK convenience stores in one year.
Source: ACS Crime Report 2026
- £7,137
Average cost of crime to each convenience store that year.
Source: ACS Crime Report 2026
- 1,600 a day
Violence and abuse against shopworkers, down from 2,000 a day.
Source: BRC Crime Report 2026, Sep 2024 to Aug 2025
- 15%
Share of incidents that large retailers reported to the police.
Source: BRC Crime Report 2026, larger retailers, Sep 2024 to Aug 2025
Any business with CCTV can join the waitlist.Homes are not part of Socioculus.
- Corner shops
- Cafés
- Pubs and bars
- Pharmacies
- Takeaways
- Barbers and salons
- Off-licences
- Petrol stations
We will help your shop get compliant.A process, not a guarantee.
No camera will go live until the legal steps are done. The regulator has not approved Socioculus.
- Assess
Show the need and assess the risk.
- Prepare
Agreement, door signs, privacy notice and staff training.
- Run
Start in one area. Staff will check every alert. Non-matches will be deleted at once.
- Review
Count false alerts and review how it runs.
Socioculus will answer for
The face match, the reported list, retention and complaints.
Your shop will answer for
Its own CCTV and reports, and what staff do.
Questions owners ask
Is this legal?
It can be. UK law allows a business to use facial recognition to prevent crime only when it is necessary, proportionate and run with strong safeguards. We will finish the legal steps before any camera checks a face.
Do you keep everyone's face?
No. A face code that does not match a report will be deleted at once. We will keep the picture of a person only when a report about them is on the list.
How accurate is it?
We do not know yet. Face matching and hidden-item alerts both make mistakes. Before launch we will test both and publish the results, including false matches by age, sex and skin tone.
Do I need new cameras?
Probably one camera at your door, set up to see faces clearly. Hidden-item alerts are planned to use the cameras inside. We will confirm which cameras work during the pilot.
£99.99p.m. per shop
The planned price, for every member, from the start.
It will include
- The app for you and your staff
- Clips when a camera flags a hidden item
- Alerts about people reported nearby
- Signs, templates and staff training
- Help to report thefts and build cases
You may need a camera for your door. We will tell you what it costs before you agree to anything.