A vehicle recording control device, comprising: a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data captured by an image capturing unit for capturing an image of a surrounding of a vehicle; a position information acquisition unit configured to calculate position information of the vehicle on the basis of radio waves received from a GPS reception unit; a parking detection unit configured to detect whether the vehicle is parked on the basis of information acquired from the vehicle; a moving body detection unit configured to detect a moving body from the video data acquired by the video data acquisition unit while the vehicle is parked; an acceleration detection unit configured to detect acceleration applied to the vehicle on the basis of a detection result of an acceleration sensor; a parking position determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, based on the position information of the vehicle and map information stored in a map information storage unit, and a recording function control unit configured to, according to the determination result of the parking position determination unit, selectively perform a process of storing video data based on detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, or a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, wherein the recording function control unit is configured to perform a process of storing video data based on the detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, when the parking position determination unit determines that the vehicle is parked at a position other than a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, and the recording function control unit is configured to perform a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, when the parking position determination unit determines that the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle. a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire video data captured by an image capturing unit for capturing an image of a surrounding of a vehicle; a position information acquisition unit configured to calculate position information of the vehicle on the basis of radio waves received from a GPS reception unit; a parking detection unit configured to detect whether the vehicle is parked on the basis of information acquired from the vehicle; a moving body detection unit configured to detect a moving body from the video data acquired by the video data acquisition unit while the vehicle is parked; an acceleration detection unit configured to detect acceleration applied to the vehicle on the basis of a detection result of an acceleration sensor; a parking position determination unit configured to determine whether the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, based on the position information of the vehicle and map information stored in a map information storage unit, and a recording function control unit configured to, according to the determination result of the parking position determination unit, selectively perform a process of storing video data based on detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, or a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, wherein the recording function control unit is configured to perform a process of storing video data based on the detection of a moving body by the moving body detection unit, when the parking position determination unit determines that the vehicle is parked at a position other than a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle, and the recording function control unit is configured to perform a process of storing video data based on acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit, when the parking position determination unit determines that the vehicle is parked at a location where people or vehicles often pass close to the vehicle.