Cameras / California / San Rafael
License plate readers in San Rafael, CA
Volunteers have documented 33 automated license plate readers inside San Rafael. That is the 172nd-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 2.0 per square mile places San Rafael near the middle of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 30, 2026.
33
readers documented
2.0
per square mile
172nd
of 357 indexed California cities · 761st of 2,430 nationally
0.2%
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
- 21 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (4), 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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