Surveillance in Pennsylvania
78/100
Pennsylvania has 3,504 documented surveillance devices — roughly 27 per 100,000 residents.
1,516
License plate readers
426
CCTV cameras
1,419
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
66
Gunshot detectors
77
Toll booths
Documented police technology
- 906 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 329 documented technology deployments
- Confirmed ShotSpotter / SoundThinking coverage zone: Yes
- Cell-site simulators (Stingray): Documented
- Federal surveillance grants: $18.7M
Most surveilled cities in Pennsylvania
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.