Cameras / California / San Jose
License plate readers in San Jose, CA
Volunteers have documented 586 automated license plate readers inside San Jose. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 2.8% of the statewide total. At 3.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 78% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 343 on poles and 15 on street lights.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 27, 2026.
586
readers documented
3.3
per square mile
2nd
of 353 indexed California cities · 8th of 2,395 nationally
2.8%
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 Safety576 · 98%
- Motorola Solutions7 · 1%
- Genetec1 · 0%
- Unknown2 · 0%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 537 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- San Jose Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (343), streetlight (15), street lamp (10), traffic signal (2), streelight (1)
- Coverage area
- 177.9 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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