Cameras / New Mexico / Hobbs
License plate readers in Hobbs, NM
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside Hobbs. That is the 5th-largest total among the 18 New Mexico cities indexed here, and 3.6% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.4 per square mile places Hobbs near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 26, 2026.
37
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
5th
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities · 640th of 2,395 nationally
3.6%
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 Safety16 · 43%
- Other vendors13 · 35%
- Unknown8 · 22%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 33 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (7)
- Coverage area
- 26.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · New Mexico's ALPR statute
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