Surveillance in Chesapeake, Virginia
40/100 · Moderate
Chesapeake ranks #82 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 341 documented surveillance devices — about 136.7 per 100,000 residents.
230
License plate readers
3
CCTV cameras
108
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
16
Internet-exposed cameras
$0
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 63/100 across 6 documented technologies
- Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Not documented
- Police camera registry / doorbell partnership: Not documented
Counts are documented devices from OpenStreetMap, state DOT feeds, municipal open data and the EFF Atlas of Surveillance. They are a floor, not a total — undocumented cameras are common, and a device appearing here is not confirmation it is currently operating.