Cameras / Connecticut / New Haven
License plate readers in New Haven, CT
Volunteers have documented 129 automated license plate readers inside New Haven. No other Connecticut city in this index has more, and New Haven alone accounts for 13% of every reader documented in the state. At 6.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 93% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 53 on street lamps and 36 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 26, 2026.
129
readers documented
6.9
per square mile
1st
of 15 indexed Connecticut cities · 97th of 2,395 nationally
13%
of Connecticut’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety7 · 5%
- Genetec1 · 1%
- Other vendors120 · 93%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 128 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- New Haven Police Department (105), Lowe's (2), Hamden Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (53), traffic signal (36), pole (16)
- Coverage area
- 18.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Connecticut ALPR law (21 days retention)
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