Cameras / California / National City
License plate readers in National City, CA
Volunteers have documented 81 automated license plate readers inside National City. That is the 60th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 11.0 readers per square mile, National City sits in the most densely covered 5% of the 2,432 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 23, 2026.
81
readers documented
11.0
per square mile
60th
of 357 indexed California cities · 221st of 2,432 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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety79 · 98%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 65 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- National City Police Department (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (2), street lamp (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 7.3 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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