Cameras / Alabama / Huntsville
License plate readers in Huntsville, AL
Volunteers have documented 144 automated license plate readers inside Huntsville. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 56 Alabama cities indexed here, and 4.7% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 225.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 89% of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 81 on poles and 4 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 4, 2026.
144
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
2nd
of 56 indexed Alabama cities · 84th of 2,430 nationally
4.7%
of Alabama’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety64 · 44%
- Motorola Solutions56 · 39%
- Genetec5 · 3%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 1%
- Other vendors18 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 130 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (3). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (81), street lamp (4), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 225.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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