Cameras / California / Carlsbad
License plate readers in Carlsbad, CA
Volunteers have documented 91 automated license plate readers inside Carlsbad. That is the 42nd-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 64% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Motorola Solutions holds the largest share here at 86%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 23 on traffic signals and 6 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.
91
readers documented
2.4
per square mile
42nd
of 357 indexed California cities · 173rd of 2,430 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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety13 · 14%
- Motorola Solutions78 · 86%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 60 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Carlsbad Police Department (1), HoA (1), The Home Depot (1). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (23), traffic signal (6), pole (3), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 37.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Motorola Solutions camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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