Cameras / California / Rancho Santa Margarita
License plate readers in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside Rancho Santa Margarita. That is the 175th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 65% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 61%, followed by Neology at 6%.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 16, 2026.
31
readers documented
2.4
per square mile
175th
of 353 indexed California cities · 782nd of 2,395 nationally
0.1%
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 Safety19 · 61%
- Neology2 · 6%
- Unknown10 · 32%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 31 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Rancho Santa Margarita (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 12.9 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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