License plate readers in Boulder, CO
Volunteers have documented 55 automated license plate readers inside Boulder. That is the 9th-largest total among the 43 Colorado cities indexed here, and 2.1% of the statewide total. At 2.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 61% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
55
readers documented
2.0
per square mile
9th
of 43 indexed Colorado cities
2.1%
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 Safety53 · 96%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 2%
- Other vendors1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 49 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Boulder Police Department (30), The Home Depot (3), University of Colorado Boulder (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (39), street lamp (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 26.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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