Cameras / California / Palo Alto
License plate readers in Palo Alto, CA
Volunteers have documented 41 automated license plate readers inside Palo Alto. That is the 142nd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Palo Alto near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 12, 2026.
41
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
142nd
of 353 indexed California cities · 569th of 2,395 nationally
0.2%
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
- 13 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Palo Alto Police Department (11), Flock Safety (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 24.1 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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