NYPD paper license plate crackdown tracker

33014
complaints filed

3677
summonses issued

Precinct:

Resolution Count
Took action 8764
Action not necessary 6793
Found no violation 6447
Gone 4332
Summons 3677
Provided information 1396
Jurisdiction 1203
Report 216
Contact Info 150
Unable to gain entry to premises 25
Arrest 11

“If you dare to obscure your real license plate, or if you affix an altered or forged temporary plate to your vehicle, we are out there right now in real time looking for your car and looking for you.”
—NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Kim Royster

The NYPD is cracking down on fraudulent paper license plates. How are they doing? Data from NYC 311. Spot a paper plate? Report it. First report: July 6, 2022. Last updated: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM EDT.