Cameras / Arizona / Scottsdale
License plate readers in Scottsdale, AZ
Volunteers have documented 112 automated license plate readers inside Scottsdale. That is the 5th-largest total among the 43 Arizona cities indexed here, and 4.4% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 184 square miles — thinner coverage than 89% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
112
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
5th
of 43 indexed Arizona cities
4.4%
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 Safety110 · 98%
- Unknown2 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 28 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Scottsdale Police Department (9), Lowe's (3), The Home Depot (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8)
- Coverage area
- 184 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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