Cameras / California / San Rafael
License plate readers in San Rafael, CA
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside San Rafael. That is the 175th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.9 per square mile places San Rafael near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
31
readers documented
1.9
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 19 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (2), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 16.6 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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