Cameras / California / Santa Ana
License plate readers in Santa Ana, CA
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside Santa Ana. That is the 153rd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its 1.4 readers per square mile spread across 27.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 61% of the 2,395 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 September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
37
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
153rd
of 353 indexed California cities · 640th of 2,395 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
- Flock Safety27 · 73%
- Motorola Solutions9 · 24%
- Unknown1 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 31 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 720 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
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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