Cameras / Louisiana / New Orleans
License plate readers in New Orleans, LA
Volunteers have documented 148 automated license plate readers inside New Orleans. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 30 Louisiana cities indexed here, and 6.2% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 169.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 81% of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 60%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 11, 2026.
148
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
2nd
of 30 indexed Louisiana cities · 77th of 2,432 nationally
6.2%
of Louisiana’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 Safety51 · 34%
- Genetec89 · 60%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 1%
- Neology3 · 2%
- Other vendors2 · 1%
- Unknown2 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 143 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (64), street lamp (1), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 169.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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