License plate readers in Buffalo, NY
Volunteers have documented 126 automated license plate readers inside Buffalo. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 48 New York cities indexed here, and 2.9% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 79% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 79%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 76 on poles and 27 on traffic signals.
Updated August 14, 2026.
126
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
3rd
of 48 indexed New York cities
2.9%
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 Safety16 · 13%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 2%
- Genetec99 · 79%
- Unknown8 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 113 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Buffalo Police Department (104), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authorit (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (76), traffic signal (27)
- Coverage area
- 40.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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