Surveillance in Sacramento, California
52/100 · High
Sacramento ranks #55 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 312 documented surveillance devices — about 59.4 per 100,000 residents.
252
License plate readers
4
CCTV cameras
56
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
6
Internet-exposed cameras
$784K
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 87/100 across 11 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.