Surveillance in Washington
85/100
Washington has 5,760 documented surveillance devices — roughly 73.7 per 100,000 residents.
2,099
License plate readers
2,178
CCTV cameras
1,349
DOT traffic cameras
0
Red light / speed cams
32
Gunshot detectors
102
Toll booths
Documented police technology
- 452 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 161 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: $7.1M
Most surveilled cities in Washington
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.