Cameras / California / Seal Beach
License plate readers in Seal Beach, CA
Volunteers have documented 31 automated license plate readers inside Seal Beach. That is the 175th-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 2.7 per square mile it is more densely covered than 70% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing street lamps rather than dedicated poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 27, 2026.
31
readers documented
2.7
per square mile
175th
of 353 indexed California cities · 782nd of 2,395 nationally
0.1%
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 Safety13 · 42%
- Motorola Solutions11 · 35%
- Other vendors1 · 3%
- Unknown6 · 19%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 20 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Fastrak (1), Huntington Beach Police Department (1), Seal Beach Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (3), traffic signal (1), pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 11.3 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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