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License plate readers in Chula Vista, CA

Volunteers have documented 145 automated license plate readers inside Chula Vista. That is the 16th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.7% 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. Its 145 readers are more than 4 times the 33-camera median for the 329 California cities indexed here.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 145

    readers documented

  • 2.9

    per square mile

  • 16th

    of 329 indexed California cities

  • 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.

Who makes them

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
71 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Chula Vista Police Department (30). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
pole (5), street lamp (1)
Coverage area
49.8 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law

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