License plate readers in Arvada, CO
Volunteers have documented 35 automated license plate readers inside Arvada. That is the 15th-largest total among the 43 Colorado cities indexed here, and 1.3% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 39 square miles — thinner coverage than 77% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
35
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
15th
of 43 indexed Colorado cities
1.3%
of Colorado’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 Safety31 · 89%
- Genetec1 · 3%
- Unknown3 · 9%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 33 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (1), Arvada Police Department (1), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 39 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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