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License plate readers in Seal Beach, CA

Volunteers have documented 27 automated license plate readers inside Seal Beach. That is the 187th-largest total among the 329 California cities indexed here, and 0.1% of the statewide total. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 68% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing street lamps rather than dedicated poles.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 27

    readers documented

  • 2.4

    per square mile

  • 187th

    of 329 indexed California cities

  • 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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
16 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Fastrak (1), Huntington Beach Police Department (1), Seal Beach Police Department (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
street lamp (2), traffic signal (1), pole (1)
Coverage area
11.3 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · California ALPR law

These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology.