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License plate readers in Albany, NY

Volunteers have documented 69 automated license plate readers inside Albany. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 56 New York cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. At 3.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Its 69 readers are more than 4 times the 16-camera median for the 56 New York cities indexed here.

Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.

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  • 69

    readers documented

  • 3.2

    per square mile

  • 3rd

    of 56 indexed New York cities · 276th of 2,395 nationally

  • 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

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What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
59 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
How they’re mounted
pole (2), traffic signal (2), street lamp (1)
Coverage area
21.4 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

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These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology, or download the aggregates in bulk.