Cameras / AZ
License plate readers in Arizona
2,685 cameras have been documented in Arizona. That is the 17th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.8% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Tucson has the most of any city in the state, with 313 — 12% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,286 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 82%. 2,286 of them stand in the 41 cities listed below. 399 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.
2,685
cameras documented statewide
17th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,286
in listed cities
399
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,881
- Motorola Solutions185
- Genetec25
- Leonardo/ELSAG7
- Other vendors127
- Unknown61
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson | 313 | 1.29 |
| Phoenix | 162 | 0.31 |
| Mesa | 129 | 0.91 |
| Chandler | 128 | 1.95 |
| Scottsdale | 119 | 0.65 |
| Peoria | 108 | 0.61 |
| Glendale | 108 | 1.61 |
| Casa Grande | 105 | 0.92 |
| Youngtown | 89 | 59.85 |
| Buckeye | 85 | 0.21 |
| Surprise | 72 | 0.65 |
| Tolleson | 61 | 10.64 |
| Queen Creek | 59 | 1.40 |
| Tempe | 55 | 1.38 |
| Gilbert | 53 | 0.77 |
| Goodyear | 47 | 0.25 |
| Apache Junction | 45 | 0.99 |
| Yuma | 40 | 0.33 |
| Maricopa | 38 | 0.89 |
| Prescott | 37 | 0.75 |
| Marana | 36 | 0.30 |
| San Tan Valley | 35 | 0.46 |
| El Mirage | 32 | 3.23 |
| Litchfield Park | 29 | 8.84 |
| Paradise Valley | 29 | 1.89 |
| Prescott Valley | 28 | 0.69 |
| Safford | 27 | 2.91 |
| Avondale | 24 | 0.50 |
| Oro Valley | 23 | 0.65 |
| Somerton | 19 | 2.61 |
| Payson | 17 | 0.88 |
| Coolidge | 16 | 0.19 |
| Flagstaff | 16 | 0.24 |
| Show Low | 15 | 0.23 |
| Eloy | 15 | 0.13 |
| Catalina Foothills | 14 | 0.33 |
| Willcox | 13 | 1.96 |
| Cottonwood | 12 | 0.43 |
| Lake Havasu City | 12 | 0.26 |
| Quartzsite | 11 | 0.30 |
| Page | 10 | 0.26 |
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.
Contract decisions in Arizona
2 decisions here are in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Arizona’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
Arizona ranks 17th of 52 by documented cameras. Colorado (2,778) ranks just above, and New Jersey (2,489) just below.