Surveillance Landscape

US cities by ALPR coverage

Ranked by the number of license plate reader cameras mapped within city limits. Based on 119,757 cameras tracked across the US.Data as of July 19, 2026.

Most surveilled

1HoustonTX
4,828
2San JoseCA
4,028
3Los AngelesCA
2,508
4ChicagoIL
2,488
5ArlingtonTX
2,487
6AtlantaGA
2,390
7San FranciscoCA
2,343
8DallasTX
2,287
9New York CityNY
2,090
10Kansas CityMO
1,527
11SacramentoCA
1,354
12PhoenixAZ
1,221
13Washington DCDC
1,212
14DenverCO
1,185
15CincinnatiOH
1,155

Least surveilled

1Virginia BeachVA
533
2New OrleansLA
515
3NashvilleTN
504
4JacksonvilleFL
493
5BostonMA
483
6RaleighNC
474
7WichitaKS
463
8Las VegasNV
456
9AlbuquerqueNM
440
10BaltimoreMD
370
11TucsonAZ
335
12El PasoTX
231
13FresnoCA
230
14PortlandOR
185
15OmahaNE
150
Manufacturer spotlight
79%of all mapped ALPR cameras are manufactured by Flock Safety

94,607 of 119,757 cameras. Flock Safety is a private company that sells ALPR systems to law enforcement and private communities.

By state

1CaliforniaCA
18,881
2TexasTX
17,098
3GeorgiaGA
11,717
4North CarolinaNC
10,384
5MichiganMI
10,143
6IllinoisIL
9,012
7OhioOH
8,741
8FloridaFL
8,597
9IndianaIN
7,863
10New YorkNY
6,854
11VirginiaVA
5,782
12MissouriMO
5,515
13AlabamaAL
5,024
14New JerseyNJ
4,683
15KentuckyKY
4,177
16South CarolinaSC
4,020
17TennesseeTN
3,550
18PennsylvaniaPA
3,399
19MarylandMD
3,100
20West VirginiaWV
3,091

Identified camera operators

Only 19% of cameras (22,372 of 119,757) have an identified operator in OpenStreetMap. The remaining 81% are tagged by camera type only. Counts below are shown as a share of all cameras.

1Flock Safety
2,357 (1.97%)
2Lowe's
1,470 (1.23%)
3The Home Depot
920 (0.77%)
4San Diego Police Department
597 (0.50%)
5NYC Department of Transportation
511 (0.43%)
6Detroit Police Department
448 (0.37%)
7California Highway Patrol (CHP)
403 (0.34%)
8San Francisco Police Department
326 (0.27%)
9Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
244 (0.20%)
10New York City Police Department
223 (0.19%)

Biggest changes since last week

Largest increases
Houston TX+22 (0%)
Atlanta GA+22 (1%)
Sacramento CA+16 (1%)
Dallas TX+14 (1%)
San Jose CA+13 (0%)
Largest decreases
Pittsburgh PA-8 (-1%)
Portland OR-3 (-2%)
Oklahoma City OK-2 (0%)
Fort Worth TX-1 (0%)
Indianapolis IN-1 (0%)

Cities people are checking right now

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National trend

118,052cameras nationally, as of July 19

↑ 484 cameras added since July 17 (+0.4%)