Traders in a road where armed robbers struck at a bank are calling for CCTV coverage of the area.
The calls have been made by businesses close to Lloyds TSB bank, in Uppingham Road, Leicester, which was targeted shortly before 9am on Thursday.
Police said they believed several men threatened staff with weapons. It is understood the men fled empty-handed.
Following the incident, Paul Curtis, owner of The Card Shop, opposite the bank, said: "There are four banks within a short distance of one another but not a single CCTV camera in the street.
"The same bank was robbed about six months ago and there was a scanning device placed on the cash machine at another.
"Shop owners are concerned about it.
"About four years ago there were 27 break-ins at businesses along the road in a six-month period. I'm sure cameras would prevent things like this happening."
Alka Devshi, of Total Pet Foods, said: "Since we opened here three years ago there have been two bank robberies.
"They should put CCTV cameras in the street. That would give police more of a chance of catching people."
Coleman ward councillor Mian Mayat said: "Having cameras there would have helped. Every bank will have its own CCTV, but there is no external camera on that section of Uppingham Road.
"I will look into it because it could help with security and road safety in the area as well.
"Uppingham Road is a very vibrant, busy road and cameras could help. It is quite costly to put CCTV cameras up and monitor them. There are some in Rowlatts Hill, part of my ward, principally to deter anti-social behaviour."
On Friday, October 12, a shop in Uppingham Road, Leicester, was robbed at gunpoint at 8.15pm.
In July 2011, a security guard locked himself in his van when he feared he was about to be robbed by a motorcyclist.
Police treated the incident, as the guard was preparing to deliver cash to a bank near the junction with Freeman Road North, as an attempted "cash in transit robbery".
In March 2009, the manager of William Hill bookmakers, in Uppingham Road, was ambushed, sprayed in the face and thrown to the ground by robbers who made off with a "substantial" amount of cash.
A police spokeswoman said: "Leicestershire Police work with the council on where the best possible places for cameras would be. However, the decision of whether extra cameras should be installed is down to the city council."
A city council spokesman said: "We will consider the installation of CCTV units in public areas where a need has been identified by crime figures."
