License plate readers in Albany, NY
Volunteers have documented 64 automated license plate readers inside Albany. That is the 5th-largest total among the 48 New York cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. At 3.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Its 64 readers are more than 3 times the 17-camera median for the 48 New York cities indexed here.
Updated August 14, 2026.
64
readers documented
3.0
per square mile
5th
of 48 indexed New York cities
1.5%
of New York’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 Safety55 · 86%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 3%
- Leonardo/ELSAG7 · 11%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 54 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2)
- Coverage area
- 21.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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