License plate readers in Boulder, CO
Volunteers have documented 56 automated license plate readers inside Boulder. That is the 10th-largest total among the 45 Colorado cities indexed here, and 2.1% of the statewide total. Its density of 2.1 per square mile places Boulder near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 39 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 8, 2026.
56
readers documented
2.1
per square mile
10th
of 45 indexed Colorado cities · 367th of 2,395 nationally
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 Safety54 · 96%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 2%
- Other vendors1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 50 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Boulder Police Department (30), The Home Depot (3), University of Colorado Boulder (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (39), street lamp (2), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 26.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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