Money seized from criminals will be used to install 20 CCTV cameras in Sydney's west as part of the federal government's $50 million Safer Streets Program.
In the coming year, $6.45 million of the $20 million budget has been allocated to NSW.
From that, $350,000 will be spent on security cameras in Campbelltown, Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters on Friday.
The cameras will help "keep criminals off streets and... ensure that when we do catch criminals we've a body of evidence that ensures that they go to jail," NSW police minister Stuart Ayres said.
The coalition's Safer Streets Program is a three-year strategy to build a safer and secure nation.
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