Cameras / Louisiana / New Orleans
License plate readers in New Orleans, LA
Volunteers have documented 122 automated license plate readers inside New Orleans. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 26 Louisiana cities indexed here, and 5.8% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 169.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 86% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Its 122 readers are more than 7 times the 16-camera median for the 26 Louisiana cities indexed here.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 18, 2026.
122
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
3rd
of 26 indexed Louisiana cities · 111th of 2,395 nationally
5.8%
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 Safety58 · 48%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Genetec4 · 3%
- Neology41 · 34%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
- Unknown17 · 14%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 117 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (71), street lamp (1), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 169.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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