License plate readers in Alabama

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

2,927 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 144,275 documented nationwide. Birmingham has the most of any city in the state, with 292 — 10.0% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,886 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 84%. 1,886 of them stand in the 53 cities listed below. 1,041 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 9, 2026.

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2,927
cameras documented statewide
15th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,886
in listed cities
1,041
outside city limits

Who makes them

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

Flock Safety1,575
Motorola Solutions112
Genetec47
Leonardo/ELSAG3
Neology20
Other vendors96
Unknown33

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Birmingham	292	1.99
Huntsville	141	0.63
Montgomery	115	0.72
Mobile	85	0.56
Dothan	77	0.85
Hoover	69	1.39
Auburn	58	0.90
Tuscaloosa	57	0.91
Gulf Shores	52	1.82
Pelham	47	1.21
Clay	44	3.90
Decatur	42	0.77
Prattville	38	1.06
Opelika	34	0.55
Trussville	34	0.95
Alabaster	32	1.22
Oxford	31	0.97
Leeds	30	1.32
Northport	30	1.65
Troy	30	1.06
Center Point	29	4.67
Vestavia Hills	28	1.39
Homewood	26	3.15
Gardendale	25	1.08
Muscle Shoals	23	1.36
Mountain Brook	23	1.78
Fultondale	23	1.90
Hartselle	22	1.31
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 (3,380) ranks just above, and Colorado (2,747) just below.