Cameras / California / Hayward
License plate readers in Hayward, CA
Volunteers have documented 94 automated license plate readers inside Hayward. That is the 37th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 2.0 per square mile places Hayward near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 26, 2026.
94
readers documented
2.0
per square mile
37th
of 353 indexed California cities · 158th 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
- 92 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- California Highway Patrol (21), California Highway Patrol (CHP) (2), Union City Police Department (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (11), street lamp (1), Costco parking lot (1)
- Coverage area
- 45.8 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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