Cameras / California / Newport Beach
License plate readers in Newport Beach, CA
Volunteers have documented 86 automated license plate readers inside Newport Beach. That is the 53rd-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 3.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 80% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 11 on poles and 11 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 22, 2026.
86
readers documented
3.6
per square mile
53rd
of 357 indexed California cities · 201st of 2,430 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
- 84 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Newport Beach Police Department (35), Flock Safety (5). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (11), street lamp (11), traffic signal (5), traffic signal (2)
- Coverage area
- 23.8 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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