The invention relates to the technology of distribution equipment monitoring, in particular relates to a distribution equipment monitoring system based on a self-organizing network, and solves the problems of difficulty in routing, high rerouting work amount, easily broken circuit, mobile unavailability, unstability in operation and poor reliability of an existing distribution equipment monitoring communication network. The distribution equipment monitoring system based on the self-organizing network comprises a user layer, a collection layer and a convergence layer, wherein the user layer comprises a plurality of disposal distribution switches; the collection layer comprises a plurality of electric network cameras, a zigbee channel, a twisted pair and an optical fiber; the convergence layer comprises a monitoring master station; each disposal distribution switch is correspondingly arranged in the photo-shooting range of each electric network camera; the electric network cameras are connected with one another to form a mesh topology structure; each electric network camera is connected with the monitoring master station through the optical fiber. The distribution equipment monitoring system is applicable to monitoring for distribution equipment.