Cameras / California / Elk Grove
License plate readers in Elk Grove, CA
Volunteers have documented 99 automated license plate readers inside Elk Grove. That is the 30th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. At 2.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 67% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 99% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
99
readers documented
2.3
per square mile
30th
of 329 indexed California cities
0.5%
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 Safety98 · 99%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 90 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Elk Grove Police Department (4), The Home Depot (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), street lamp (6), traffic signal (5)
- Coverage area
- 42.6 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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