Surveillance in Iowa
79/100
Iowa has 2,359 documented surveillance devices — roughly 73.6 per 100,000 residents.
1,268
License plate readers
292
CCTV cameras
757
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
12
Gunshot detectors
30
Toll booths
Documented police technology
- 188 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 94 documented technology deployments
- Confirmed ShotSpotter / SoundThinking coverage zone: None documented (individual acoustic sensors are still mapped above)
- Cell-site simulators (Stingray): Not documented
- Federal surveillance grants: $1.4M
Most surveilled cities in Iowa
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.