License plate readers in Tucson, AZ
Volunteers have documented 305 automated license plate readers inside Tucson. No other Arizona city in this index has more, and Tucson alone accounts for 11% of every reader documented in the state. Its 1.3 readers per square mile spread across 242.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 65% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Beacon Group. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 86 on street lamps and 60 on poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
305
readers documented
1.3
per square mile
1st
of 43 indexed Arizona cities · 22nd of 2,395 nationally
11%
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 Safety141 · 46%
- Motorola Solutions39 · 13%
- Genetec14 · 5%
- Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 1%
- Other vendors90 · 30%
- Unknown19 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 189 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Tucson Police Department (77), University of Arizona Police Department (64), The Beacon Group (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (86), pole (60), wall (3), Mobile Unit (2), ceiling (2)
- Coverage area
- 242.9 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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