Cameras / California / Berkeley
License plate readers in Berkeley, CA
Volunteers have documented 81 automated license plate readers inside Berkeley. That is the 55th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 7.8 readers per square mile, Berkeley sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 21, 2026.
81
readers documented
7.8
per square mile
55th
of 353 indexed California cities · 212th of 2,395 nationally
0.4%
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
- 75 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Berkeley Police Department (41), California Highway Patrol (CHP) (5), UCANN (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (54)
- Coverage area
- 10.4 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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