Cameras / AL
License plate readers in Alabama
2,513 cameras have been documented in Alabama. That is the 17th-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.9% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Birmingham has the most of any city in the state, with 222 — 8.8% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,594 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 88%. 1,594 of them stand in the 50 cities listed below. 919 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
2,513
cameras documented statewide
17th
most-documented of 51 states and territories
1,594
in listed cities
919
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,396
- Motorola Solutions84
- Genetec34
- Leonardo/ELSAG2
- Neology18
- Other vendors29
- Unknown31
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 222 | 1.51 |
| Huntsville | 116 | 0.51 |
| Montgomery | 106 | 0.66 |
| Auburn | 57 | 0.89 |
| Hoover | 55 | 1.11 |
| Dothan | 53 | 0.59 |
| Tuscaloosa | 50 | 0.79 |
| Gulf Shores | 48 | 1.68 |
| Pelham | 45 | 1.16 |
| Clay | 44 | 3.90 |
| Prattville | 41 | 1.15 |
| Decatur | 40 | 0.73 |
| Opelika | 32 | 0.52 |
| Alabaster | 32 | 1.22 |
| Mobile | 31 | 0.21 |
| Oxford | 31 | 0.97 |
| Leeds | 30 | 1.32 |
| Trussville | 30 | 0.84 |
| Northport | 29 | 1.59 |
| Troy | 28 | 0.99 |
| Vestavia Hills | 28 | 1.39 |
| Mountain Brook | 23 | 1.78 |
| Fultondale | 23 | 1.90 |
| Homewood | 23 | 2.78 |
| Center Point | 22 | 3.54 |
| Gardendale | 21 | 0.91 |
| Pell City | 20 | 0.80 |
| Muscle Shoals | 19 | 1.13 |
| Foley | 19 | 0.54 |
| Hartselle | 18 | 1.07 |
| Cullman | 18 | 0.79 |
| Phenix City | 16 | 0.57 |
| Bessemer | 16 | 0.39 |
| Helena | 15 | 0.60 |
| Enterprise | 15 | 0.48 |
| Eufaula | 15 | 0.25 |
| Gadsden | 14 | 0.37 |
| Moody | 13 | 0.53 |
| Madison | 13 | 0.43 |
| Wetumpka | 13 | 1.13 |
| Orange Beach | 13 | 0.88 |
| Montevallo | 12 | 0.93 |
| Irondale | 12 | 0.69 |
| Hueytown | 12 | 0.60 |
| Florence | 11 | 0.41 |
| Rainbow City | 10 | 0.39 |
| Warrior | 10 | 1.02 |
| Calera | 10 | 0.41 |
| Sylacauga | 10 | 0.49 |
| Abbeville | 10 | 0.64 |
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.