Cameras / New Mexico / Albuquerque
License plate readers in Albuquerque, NM
Volunteers have documented 335 automated license plate readers inside Albuquerque. No other New Mexico city in this index has more, and Albuquerque alone accounts for 35% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.8 per square mile places Albuquerque near the middle of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 45%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 131 on poles and 36 on traffic signals.
Updated August 14, 2026.
335
readers documented
1.8
per square mile
1st
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities
35%
of New Mexico’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 Safety108 · 32%
- Motorola Solutions58 · 17%
- Genetec150 · 45%
- Unknown19 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 217 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Albuquerque Police Department (117), The Home Depot (14), Lowe's (14). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (131), traffic signal (36), street lamp (15), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 187.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · New Mexico ALPR law
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