Cameras / California / Atherton
License plate readers in Atherton, CA
Volunteers have documented 52 automated license plate readers inside Atherton. That is the 103rd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 10.4 readers per square mile, Atherton sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units.
Updated August 14, 2026.
52
readers documented
10.4
per square mile
103rd
of 329 indexed California cities
0.3%
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 Safety49 · 94%
- Unknown3 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 20 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Atherton Police Department (14). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8)
- Coverage area
- 5 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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