Cameras / California / San Marcos
License plate readers in San Marcos, CA
Volunteers have documented 30 automated license plate readers inside San Marcos. That is the 185th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 24.6 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 9, 2026.
30
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
185th
of 353 indexed California cities · 820th 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 Safety27 · 90%
- Other vendors1 · 3%
- Unknown2 · 7%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 27 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (1), traffic signal (1), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 24.6 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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