Surveillance in Washington, District of Columbia
88/100 · Extreme
Washington ranks #2 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 1,609 documented surveillance devices — about 233.3 per 100,000 residents.
240
License plate readers
762
CCTV cameras
319
DOT traffic cameras
288
Red light / speed cams
35
Internet-exposed cameras
$10.0M
Federal surveillance grants
Police technology
- Police tech score: 76/100 across 8 documented technologies
- Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Deployed
- 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.