License plate readers in Phoenix, AZ
Volunteers have documented 148 automated license plate readers inside Phoenix. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 43 Arizona cities indexed here, and 5.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.3 readers per square mile spread across 518.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 98% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 27, 2026.
148
readers documented
0.3
per square mile
2nd
of 43 indexed Arizona cities · 76th of 2,395 nationally
5.5%
of Arizona’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 Safety111 · 75%
- Motorola Solutions24 · 16%
- Other vendors5 · 3%
- Unknown8 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 101 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (10), Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (25), street lamp (2), Walmart parking lot (1)
- Coverage area
- 518.4 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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