License plate readers in Surprise, AZ
Volunteers have documented 72 automated license plate readers inside Surprise. That is the 11th-largest total among the 41 Arizona cities indexed here, and 2.7% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 110.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 89% of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 1, 2026.
72
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
11th
of 41 indexed Arizona cities · 268th of 2,430 nationally
2.7%
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 Safety69 · 96%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 3%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 69 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2), street lamp (1), wall (1), traffic lights and poles (1), speed sign (1)
- Coverage area
- 110.5 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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