Surveillance in Santa Ana, California
69/100 · Very High
Santa Ana ranks #12 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 605 documented surveillance devices — about 195.5 per 100,000 residents.
388
License plate readers
110
CCTV cameras
107
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
20
Internet-exposed cameras
$1.5M
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 86/100 across 10 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.