Cameras / New Mexico / Albuquerque
License plate readers in Albuquerque, NM
Volunteers have documented 338 automated license plate readers inside Albuquerque. No other New Mexico city in this index has more, and Albuquerque alone accounts for 33% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.8 per square mile places Albuquerque near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 44%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 132 on poles and 36 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
338
readers documented
1.8
per square mile
1st
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities · 20th of 2,395 nationally
33%
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 Safety111 · 33%
- Motorola Solutions58 · 17%
- Genetec150 · 44%
- Unknown19 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 220 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Albuquerque Police Department (117), The Home Depot (14), Albuqueque Police Department (13). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (132), traffic signal (36), street lamp (18), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 187.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Genetec camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · New Mexico's ALPR statute
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