Surveillance Landscape

US cities by ALPR coverage

Ranked by the number of license plate reader cameras mapped within city limits. Based on 146,055 cameras tracked across the US.Data as of November 1, 2026.

Most surveilled

1HoustonTX

5,581

4,526

3,186

3,126

3,083

3,019

2,865

2,729

2,569

1,694

1,689

1,658

1,500

1,390

1,350

Least surveilled

731

688

678

616

561

553

517

494

487

459

396

273

268

265

15OmahaNE

185

Manufacturer spotlight

77%of all mapped ALPR cameras are manufactured by Flock Safety

112,640 of 146,055 cameras. Flock Safety is a private company that sells ALPR systems to law enforcement and private communities.

By state

1CaliforniaCA

22,882

2TexasTX

20,907

3GeorgiaGA

14,880

4North CarolinaNC

13,307

5MichiganMI

11,583

6IllinoisIL

11,029

7OhioOH

10,504

8FloridaFL

10,451

9IndianaIN

9,411

10New YorkNY

8,939

11VirginiaVA

7,327

12New JerseyNJ

7,148

13MissouriMO

6,628

14AlabamaAL

6,305

15PennsylvaniaPA

5,404

16South CarolinaSC

5,222

17KentuckyKY

5,019

18West VirginiaWV

4,506

19TennesseeTN

4,412

20MarylandMD

3,972

Identified camera operators

Only 17% of cameras (24,636 of 146,055) have an identified operator in OpenStreetMap. The remaining 83% are tagged by camera type only. Counts below are shown as a share of all cameras.

1Flock Safety

2,265 (1.55%)

2Lowe's

1,677 (1.15%)

3The Home Depot

1,126 (0.77%)

4NYC Department of Transportation

602 (0.41%)

5San Diego Police Department

591 (0.40%)

6Detroit Police Department

450 (0.31%)

7San Francisco Police Department

430 (0.29%)

8California Highway Patrol (CHP)

401 (0.27%)

9Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

244 (0.17%)

10Chicago Police Department

229 (0.16%)

Biggest changes since the last census

Largest increases

Seattle WA+68 (7%)

Philadelphia PA+34 (3%)

Miami FL+27 (3%)

Los Angeles CA+26 (1%)

Atlanta GA+25 (1%)

Largest decreases

Minneapolis MN-4 (0%)

Albuquerque NM-3 (-1%)

St. Louis MO-2 (0%)

Frisco TX-2 (0%)

Omaha NE-2 (-1%)

Cities people are checking right now

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National trend

146,055cameras nationally, as of November 1

↑ 771 cameras added since October 25 (+0.5%)