Cameras / California / Irvine
License plate readers in Irvine, CA
Volunteers have documented 211 automated license plate readers inside Irvine. That is the 9th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 1.0% of the statewide total. At 3.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Its 211 readers are more than 6 times the 31-camera median for the 353 California cities indexed here. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 101 on poles and 3 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 16, 2026.
211
readers documented
3.2
per square mile
9th
of 353 indexed California cities · 41st of 2,395 nationally
1.0%
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 Safety170 · 81%
- Motorola Solutions22 · 10%
- Other vendors3 · 1%
- Unknown16 · 8%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 200 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Irvine Police Department (139), Regents of the University of California (3), Transportation Corridor Agencies (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (101), street lamp (3), traffic signal (3), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 65.6 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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