Cameras / New Mexico / Hobbs
License plate readers in Hobbs, NM
Volunteers have documented 30 automated license plate readers inside Hobbs. That is the 4th-largest total among the 18 New Mexico cities indexed here, and 3.1% of the statewide total. Its 1.1 readers per square mile spread across 26.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 68% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
30
readers documented
1.1
per square mile
4th
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities
3.1%
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 Safety21 · 70%
- Unknown9 · 30%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 26 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8)
- Coverage area
- 26.4 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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