Cameras / New Mexico / Santa Fe
License plate readers in Santa Fe, NM
Volunteers have documented 17 automated license plate readers inside Santa Fe. That is the 9th-largest total among the 18 New Mexico cities indexed here, and 1.8% of the statewide total. Its 0.3 readers per square mile spread across 52.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 97% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Not all of them watch open road: 3 were tagged in parking areas and parking entrances.
Updated August 14, 2026.
17
readers documented
0.3
per square mile
9th
of 18 indexed New Mexico cities
1.8%
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 · 94%
- Unknown1 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 10 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2), mobile trailer with cameras on poles. (1)
- Coverage area
- 52.2 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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