Cameras / California / Alameda
License plate readers in Alameda, CA
Volunteers have documented 39 automated license plate readers inside Alameda. That is the 139th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. At 3.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 84% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 85% of them.
Updated August 14, 2026.
39
readers documented
3.8
per square mile
139th
of 329 indexed California cities
0.2%
of California’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 Safety33 · 85%
- Unknown6 · 15%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 34 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- Coverage area
- 10.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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