Cameras / AR
License plate readers in Arkansas
1,087 cameras have been documented in Arkansas. That is the 29th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.8% of the 143,314 documented nationwide. Little Rock has the most of any city in the state, with 120 — 11% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 717 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 86%. 717 of them stand in the 25 cities listed below. 370 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
1,087
cameras documented statewide
29th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
717
in listed cities
370
outside city limits
ALPR law in Arkansas
Arkansas regulates automated license plate readers under Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-12-1801 to -1808. The statute caps retention at 150 days. Act 668 of 2025 amended Arkansas's 2013 ALPR act to let private landowners and commercial businesses operate readers for property protection. Plate data may be preserved no more than 150 days by government users and 60 days by private landowners and businesses, and government entities may compel release from private users only by valid subpoena.
ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →
Statute last verified September 26, 2026.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety614
- Motorola Solutions21
- Genetec19
- Leonardo/ELSAG3
- Neology2
- Other vendors49
- Unknown9
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Little Rock | 120 | 0.99 |
| Jonesboro | 89 | 1.11 |
| Fort Smith | 50 | 0.78 |
| Springdale | 40 | 0.80 |
| North Little Rock | 39 | 0.74 |
| Conway | 34 | 0.73 |
| Rogers | 31 | 0.81 |
| Hot Springs | 31 | 0.83 |
| Jacksonville | 30 | 1.05 |
| Pine Bluff | 24 | 0.54 |
| Marion | 23 | 1.13 |
| Bryant | 21 | 1.02 |
| Russellville | 20 | 0.69 |
| Searcy | 18 | 0.98 |
| Siloam Springs | 18 | 1.46 |
| Van Buren | 17 | 1.10 |
| Paragould | 16 | 0.50 |
| Wynne | 15 | 1.67 |
| Sherwood | 14 | 0.67 |
| West Memphis | 14 | 0.47 |
| Alexander | 12 | 5.31 |
| Texarkana | 11 | 0.26 |
| El Dorado | 10 | 0.62 |
| Fayetteville | 10 | 0.18 |
| Blytheville | 10 | 0.48 |
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.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Arkansas’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 →
Arkansas ranks 29th of 52 by documented cameras. Mississippi (1,146) ranks just above, and Utah (1,061) just below.