License plate readers in Alabama

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Alabama
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

2,883 cameras have been documented in Alabama. That is the 15th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.0% of the 143,314 documented nationwide. Birmingham has the most of any city in the state, with 288 — 10.0% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,855 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 84%. 1,855 of them stand in the 53 cities listed below. 1,028 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 29, 2026.

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2,883
cameras documented statewide
15th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,855
in listed cities
1,028
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety1,560
Motorola Solutions104
Genetec47
Leonardo/ELSAG1
Neology20
Other vendors90
Unknown33

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Birmingham	288	1.96
Huntsville	141	0.63
Montgomery	115	0.72
Mobile	84	0.56
Hoover	69	1.39
Dothan	64	0.71
Auburn	58	0.90
Tuscaloosa	55	0.87
Gulf Shores	50	1.75
Pelham	46	1.19
Clay	44	3.90
Decatur	42	0.77
Prattville	38	1.06
Opelika	34	0.55
Alabaster	32	1.22
Trussville	31	0.87
Oxford	31	0.97
Leeds	30	1.32
Northport	30	1.65
Troy	30	1.06
Vestavia Hills	28	1.39
Center Point	26	4.18
Homewood	26	3.15
Gardendale	25	1.08
Mountain Brook	23	1.78
Fultondale	23	1.90
Hartselle	22	1.31
Muscle Shoals	21	1.24
Foley	21	0.59
Cullman	20	0.87
Pell City	20	0.80
Bessemer	19	0.47
Phenix City	18	0.64
Enterprise	16	0.51
Helena	15	0.60
Eufaula	15	0.25
Florence	14	0.52
Chelsea	14	0.43
Irondale	13	0.75
Moody	13	0.53
Gadsden	13	0.35
Madison	13	0.43
Wetumpka	13	1.13
Orange Beach	13	0.88
Montevallo	12	0.93
Hueytown	12	0.60
Sylacauga	12	0.59
Anniston	11	0.24
Warrior	11	1.13
Abbeville	11	0.71
Rainbow City	10	0.39
Thomasville	10	0.89
Calera	10	0.41

Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.

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Alabama ranks 15th of 52 by documented cameras. Missouri (3,397) ranks just above, and Colorado (2,711) just below.