Surveillance in Long Beach, California
57/100 · High
Long Beach ranks #46 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 181 documented surveillance devices — about 38.8 per 100,000 residents.
144
License plate readers
4
CCTV cameras
33
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
16
Internet-exposed cameras
$2.4M
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.