Cameras / California / Chula Vista
License plate readers in Chula Vista, CA
Volunteers have documented 156 automated license plate readers inside Chula Vista. That is the 17th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.7% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 76% of the 2,431 US cities indexed nationally. Its 156 readers are more than 4 times the 32-camera median for the 357 California cities indexed here.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 4, 2026.
156
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
17th
of 357 indexed California cities · 72nd of 2,431 nationally
0.7%
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
- 84 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Chula Vista Police Department (30). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (6), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 49.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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