Cameras / California / Richmond
License plate readers in Richmond, CA
Volunteers have documented 75 automated license plate readers inside Richmond. That is the 52nd-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 2.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 70% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 20 on poles and 3 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
75
readers documented
2.5
per square mile
52nd
of 329 indexed California cities
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 Safety73 · 97%
- Unknown2 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 55 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Richmond Police Department (29), El Cerrito Police Department (5), Bay Area Toll Authority (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (20), street lamp (3), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 30 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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