Surveillance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
67/100 · Very High
Philadelphia ranks #23 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 451 documented surveillance devices — about 28.1 per 100,000 residents.
112
License plate readers
203
CCTV cameras
136
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
117
Internet-exposed cameras
$719K
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 72/100 across 7 documented technologies
- Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Not documented
- Police camera registry / doorbell partnership: Not documented
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.