Cameras / California / Santa Maria
License plate readers in Santa Maria, CA
Volunteers have documented 145 automated license plate readers inside Santa Maria. That is the 16th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.7% of the statewide total. At 6.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 93% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 81 on poles and 24 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
145
readers documented
6.4
per square mile
16th
of 329 indexed California cities
0.7%
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 Safety145 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 137 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Santa Maria Police Department (73), Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (81), street lamp (24), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 22.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law
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