Cameras / California / Lancaster
License plate readers in Lancaster, CA
Volunteers have documented 103 automated license plate readers inside Lancaster. That is the 35th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.1 readers per square mile spread across 94.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 72% of the 2,431 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Walmart, Lowe's, and The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed September 18, 2026.
103
readers documented
1.1
per square mile
35th
of 357 indexed California cities · 150th of 2,431 nationally
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 Safety57 · 55%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Other vendors45 · 44%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 14 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Walmart (10), Lowe's (5), The Home Depot (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (6), traffic signal (3), roof (1)
- Coverage area
- 94.3 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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