Cameras / California / Barstow
License plate readers in Barstow, CA
Volunteers have documented 62 automated license plate readers inside Barstow. That is the 87th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.5 per square mile places Barstow near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on poles and 8 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
62
readers documented
1.5
per square mile
87th
of 353 indexed California cities · 329th of 2,395 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Barstow Police Department (25), The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), traffic signal (8)
- Coverage area
- 41.3 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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