Surveillance in Texas
86/100
Texas has 21,239 documented surveillance devices — roughly 69.6 per 100,000 residents.
17,479
License plate readers
1,842
CCTV cameras
784
DOT traffic cameras
3
Red light / speed cams
264
Gunshot detectors
867
Toll booths
Documented police technology
- 1,817 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 567 documented technology deployments
- Confirmed ShotSpotter / SoundThinking coverage zone: None documented (individual acoustic sensors are still mapped above)
- Cell-site simulators (Stingray): Documented
- Federal surveillance grants: $12.1M
Most surveilled cities in Texas
Houston753 devices63Austin728 devices58Dallas401 devices58Fort Worth354 devices57Garland234 devices55Arlington322 devices52Irving157 devices52Laredo152 devices42Plano276 devices40San Antonio71 devices34El Paso85 devices32Lubbock93 devices25Corpus Christi20 devices19
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.