Cameras / California / Compton
License plate readers in Compton, CA
Volunteers have documented 68 automated license plate readers inside Compton. That is the 67th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 6.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 93% 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.
68
readers documented
6.8
per square mile
67th
of 329 indexed California cities
0.3%
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 Safety47 · 69%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 3%
- Neology5 · 7%
- Other vendors8 · 12%
- Unknown5 · 7%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 65 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (9), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 10 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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