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License plate readers in Cerritos, CA

Volunteers have documented 25 automated license plate readers inside Cerritos. That is the 202nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 2.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 76% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing traffic signals rather than dedicated poles.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 25

    readers documented

  • 2.9

    per square mile

  • 202nd

    of 329 indexed California cities

  • 0.1%

    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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
21 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
How they’re mounted
traffic signal (4), pole (1), street lamp (1)
Coverage area
8.7 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

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These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology.