Cameras / California / Bakersfield
License plate readers in Bakersfield, CA
Volunteers have documented 197 automated license plate readers inside Bakersfield. That is the 11th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.9% of the statewide total. Its 1.3 readers per square mile spread across 150.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 63% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's and The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 26, 2026.
197
readers documented
1.3
per square mile
11th
of 353 indexed California cities · 49th of 2,395 nationally
0.9%
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 Safety167 · 85%
- Other vendors4 · 2%
- Unknown26 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 162 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- City of Bakersfield (35), Lowe's (1), The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (13), traffic signal (3), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 150.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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