Cameras in Philadelphia, PA
136 mapped plate readers and a speed and red light camera program in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia, by camera type.
Philadelphia: 136 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Allentown 69, Bethlehem 25, Hazleton 51 and Pittsburgh 283.
Speed cameras in Philadelphia
Philadelphia runs a speed and red light camera program (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
4 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed and red light cameras · Running (as of Aug 2026) Philadelphia Parking Authority ↗
The law, in short:
PA Vehicle Code 3117 / 3116 (Act 2018-86, Act 2023 school zones) (citation not yet confirmed).
Red light cameras in Philadelphia
The same program covers red light cameras, not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Philadelphia
136 plate readers are on the map in Philadelphia, and 55 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
First-mapped dates here run from Aug 27, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026. 124 of the 136 were first mapped in 2026, with 63 in August alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Philadelphia Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Traffic cameras in Philadelphia
No traffic camera feed is listed for Philadelphia yet.
Camera tickets in Philadelphia
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156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- Philadelphia Parking Authority: speed and red light camera program, running, as of Aug 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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