Cameras / California / Gilroy
License plate readers in Gilroy, CA
Volunteers have documented 58 automated license plate readers inside Gilroy. That is the 91st-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 3.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 80% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — 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 11 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
58
readers documented
3.5
per square mile
91st
of 353 indexed California cities · 355th of 2,395 nationally
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 Safety55 · 95%
- Other vendors2 · 3%
- Unknown1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 50 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Gilroy Police Department (6), Simon Property Group (3), The Home Depot (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (18), street lamp (11), wall (3), building (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 16.6 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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