Cameras / New Mexico / Las Cruces
License plate readers in Las Cruces, NM
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Las Cruces. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 18 New Mexico cities indexed here, and 5.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 76.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 86% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Updated August 14, 2026.
53
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
2nd
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities
5.5%
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 Safety53 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 21 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (10), street lamp (4)
- Coverage area
- 76.9 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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