Surveillance in Seattle, Washington
69/100 · Very High
Seattle ranks #11 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 1,346 documented surveillance devices — about 182.6 per 100,000 residents.
91
License plate readers
1,129
CCTV cameras
126
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
24
Internet-exposed cameras
$2.6M
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 80/100 across 9 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.