It is part of the new S$160 million Community Policing System announced during this year's Budget.
The cameras will be installed in seven areas - Bukit Merah, Bishan, Clementi, Punggol, Sengkang, Tampines and Woodlands.
The move is part of a pilot phase to enhance frontline policing through technology.
The cameras will be placed at public spaces, as well as key entry and exit points. Signs will also be put up to indicate where the cameras are.
While there will not be "live" monitoring of cameras, the footage captured will be kept for a month. Police said this has worked in their favour in the past, with molesters and thieves arrested.
Residents have welcomed the initiative.
One of the residents said: "Criminal activities happen frequently around here, so now it will be safer."
The plan is to cover 10,000 public housing blocks and multi-storey carparks islandwide with the cameras by 2016.
Singapore's crime rate is relatively low, at about 600 crimes per 100,000 people.
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