Surveillance Landscape

US cities by ALPR coverage

Ranked by the number of license plate reader cameras mapped within city limits. Based on 147,956 cameras tracked across the US.Data as of September 13, 2026.

Most surveilled

1HoustonTX
5,459
2San JoseCA
4,358
3AtlantaGA
3,040
4ArlingtonTX
2,983
5Los AngelesCA
2,973
6ChicagoIL
2,904
7DallasTX
2,666
8New York CityNY
2,631
9San FranciscoCA
2,488
10Kansas CityMO
1,662
11SacramentoCA
1,603
12PhoenixAZ
1,498
13PittsburghPA
1,494
14Washington DCDC
1,385
15Fort WorthTX
1,293

Least surveilled

1Oklahoma CityOK
659
2CharlotteNC
652
3New OrleansLA
595
4Las VegasNV
585
5JacksonvilleFL
579
6RaleighNC
553
7BostonMA
525
8WichitaKS
491
9AlbuquerqueNM
490
10BaltimoreMD
441
11TucsonAZ
380
12PortlandOR
293
13El PasoTX
271
14FresnoCA
252
15OmahaNE
175
Manufacturer spotlight
78%of all mapped ALPR cameras are manufactured by Flock Safety

115,503 of 147,956 cameras. Flock Safety is a private company that sells ALPR systems to law enforcement and private communities.

By state

1CaliforniaCA
22,079
2TexasTX
20,191
3GeorgiaGA
14,397
4North CarolinaNC
12,805
5MichiganMI
11,445
6IllinoisIL
10,697
7FloridaFL
10,570
8OhioOH
10,228
9IndianaIN
9,167
10New YorkNY
8,253
11VirginiaVA
7,109
12New JerseyNJ
6,644
13MissouriMO
6,522
14AlabamaAL
6,048
15South CarolinaSC
4,962
16PennsylvaniaPA
4,954
17KentuckyKY
4,876
18TennesseeTN
4,351
19West VirginiaWV
4,222
20MarylandMD
3,822

Identified camera operators

Only 17% of cameras (24,762 of 147,956) 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
2,360 (1.60%)
2Lowe's
1,688 (1.14%)
3The Home Depot
1,098 (0.74%)
4San Diego Police Department
597 (0.40%)
5NYC Department of Transportation
591 (0.40%)
6Detroit Police Department
450 (0.30%)
7California Highway Patrol (CHP)
416 (0.28%)
8San Francisco Police Department
330 (0.22%)
9Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
244 (0.16%)
10Chicago Police Department
225 (0.15%)

Biggest changes since last week

Largest increases
Pittsburgh PA+81 (6%)
New York City NY+67 (3%)
Atlanta GA+47 (2%)
Houston TX+42 (1%)
Chicago IL+41 (1%)
Largest decreases
Denver CO-23 (-2%)
Aurora CO-19 (-2%)
Boston MA-12 (-2%)
El Paso TX-1 (0%)

Cities people are checking right now

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National trend

141,096cameras nationally, as of September 13

↑ 1,334 cameras added since September 6 (+1%)