Cameras / California / Costa Mesa
License plate readers in Costa Mesa, CA
Volunteers have documented 83 automated license plate readers inside Costa Mesa. That is the 52nd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 5.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 89% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 17 on poles and 15 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 19, 2026.
83
readers documented
5.3
per square mile
52nd
of 353 indexed California cities · 205th of 2,395 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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 76 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Costa Mesa Police Department (16), Newport Beach Police Department (2), Orange County Transportation Authority (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (17), traffic signal (15), street lamp (7), street pole (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 15.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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