Surveillance in New York, New York

90/100 · Extreme

New York ranks #1 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 5,476 documented surveillance devices — about 65.7 per 100,000 residents.

495

License plate readers

266

CCTV cameras

248

DOT traffic cameras

4,467

Red light / speed cams

203

Internet-exposed cameras

$11.4M

Federal surveillance grants

Police technology

Police tech score: 84/100 across 9 documented technologies
Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Deployed
Police camera registry / doorbell partnership: Not documented

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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.