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License plate readers in Santa Ana, CA

Volunteers have documented 39 automated license plate readers inside Santa Ana. That is the 149th-largest total among the 354 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.4 per square mile places Santa Ana near the middle of the 2,401 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 8 on poles and 3 on traffic signals.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 8, 2026 · figures last changed October 7, 2026.

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  • 39

    readers documented

  • 1.4

    per square mile

  • 149th

    of 354 indexed California cities · 609th of 2,401 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.

Who makes them

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What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
33 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Tustin Police Department (8), The Home Depot (3), Santa Ana Police Department (2). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted
pole (8), traffic signal (3), street lamp (2)
Coverage area
27.4 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

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