Advice wanted on CCTV cameras to deal with problem neighbour

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I would like advice on cctv cameras with decent night vision to record in front of my house. They would need to be either inside my windows or very discreet/ indestructible.

Background is we have a neighbour who has been harassing myself and my family for 18 months+ now. There is a string of issues including criminal damage, public order and assault (fortunately not serious) as well as minor things such as dog food being left on the pavement outside our garden gate. We have a few police incident numbers and we maintain a log of all incidents. Unfortunately without witnesses, there is not enough evidence to prosecute him, and the police have advised us to get a cctv camera.

Most incidents take place late night, when he has been drinking etc. So we need to have night vision. We also know that he has damaged neighbours' external cctv cameras in the past & we don't want to be spending money on kit which then gets damaged/ knocked off.

I was wondering if there was any cctv camera which we could put in our front window which would cover the area in front of the house. There is only 1.5m from our house to the front garden wall. Alternatively whether there was any very discreet camera which he wouldn't notice - bearing in mind our house has a very plain frontage. Our front door is recessed in a porch, so a ring doorbell wouldn't have great coverage.

you can put a camera close against the glass, with a black book, ornament or something behind it to prevent light or reflections from the room.

You could have one or two in upstairs windows, which will show what's going on but may not get a good pic of the miscreant's face.

If you need extra light, don't have cameras with lights, get an external lamp on the front of the house, with an LED bulb, the running cost is very low. Leave it on all night rather than having it come on when movement occurs, as this will alert, and perhaps enrage, the miscreant. Something that looks like a porch or path light, not a floodlight.

@Fundays12 he owns his house (as do we) so we're stuck with him until one of us sells up and moves. One day he will go too far and piss off too many people, or his wife will throw him out.

Thank you everyone for the advice on various brands and types, I will check those out.

I had a neighbour who became a nuisance, it later became clear that she had worsening dementia. her husband did his best to look after her until he died.

I don't know how common this is.

in other cases the cause may be drink or mental illness.

@PigletJohn I doubt it's dementia, but I think he has a problem with drink and weed. He starts drinking and smoking early in the day, so by the evening he's quite obnoxious.