Cameras / California / Gilroy
License plate readers in Gilroy, CA
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Gilroy. That is the 102nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 3.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 80% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Simon Property Group and The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 18 on poles and 10 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
53
readers documented
3.2
per square mile
102nd
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 Safety50 · 94%
- Other vendors3 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 45 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Gilroy Police Department (6), Simon Property Group (3), The Home Depot (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (18), street lamp (10), wall (3), building (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 16.6 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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