Surveillance in Houston, Texas
63/100 · Very High
Houston ranks #33 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 753 documented surveillance devices — about 32.5 per 100,000 residents.
723
License plate readers
28
CCTV cameras
0
DOT traffic cameras
2
Red light / speed cams
89
Internet-exposed cameras
$7.5M
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 90/100 across 12 documented technologies
- Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Not documented
- Police camera registry / doorbell partnership: Yes
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.