Cameras / California / Santa Clara
License plate readers in Santa Clara, CA
Volunteers have documented 69 automated license plate readers inside Santa Clara. That is the 78th-largest total among the 357 California cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 3.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 81% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 5, 2026.
69
readers documented
3.8
per square mile
78th
of 357 indexed California cities · 289th of 2,430 nationally
0.3%
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
- 48 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Santa Clara Police Department (35). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), street lamp (3)
- Coverage area
- 18.3 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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