License plate readers in Alabama

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

3,062 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 2.1% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Birmingham has the most of any city in the state, with 307 — 10% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,011 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 82%. 2,011 of them stand in the 56 cities listed below. 1,051 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.

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3,062
cameras documented statewide
15th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,011
in listed cities
1,051
outside city limits

Who makes them

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

Flock Safety1,652
Motorola Solutions115
Genetec49
Leonardo/ELSAG5
Neology31
Other vendors126
Unknown33

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Birmingham	307	2.09
Huntsville	144	0.64
Montgomery	138	0.86
Mobile	86	0.57
Dothan	81	0.90
Hoover	71	1.43
Auburn	59	0.92
Pelham	59	1.52
Tuscaloosa	57	0.91
Gulf Shores	53	1.85
Clay	45	3.99
Prattville	45	1.26
Trussville	43	1.20
Decatur	40	0.73
Opelika	34	0.55
Alabaster	32	1.22
Leeds	31	1.36
Oxford	31	0.97
Homewood	31	3.75
Troy	31	1.09
Center Point	30	4.83
Northport	30	1.65
Vestavia Hills	28	1.39
Gardendale	25	1.08
Mountain Brook	23	1.78
Fultondale	23	1.90
Foley	23	0.65
Hartselle	20	1.19
Cullman	20	0.87
Pell City	20	0.80
Muscle Shoals	19	1.13
Bessemer	19	0.47
Phenix City	18	0.64
Moody	17	0.69
Irondale	16	0.92
Wetumpka	16	1.39
Enterprise	16	0.51
Florence	15	0.55
Helena	15	0.60
Eufaula	15	0.25
Chelsea	14	0.43
Gadsden	13	0.35
Madison	13	0.43
Orange Beach	13	0.88
Montevallo	12	0.93
Hueytown	12	0.60
Anniston	12	0.26
Calera	12	0.49
Sylacauga	12	0.59
Warrior	11	1.13
Abbeville	11	0.71
Rainbow City	10	0.39
Jacksonville	10	0.92
Pinson	10	0.84
Thomasville	10	0.89
Saraland	10	0.29

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. Virginia (3,405) ranks just above, and Colorado (2,778) just below.