License plate readers in Dover, DE
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Dover. No other Delaware city in this index has more, and Dover alone accounts for 7.6% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Dover near the middle of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 22 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 26, 2026.
40
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
1st
of 6 indexed Delaware cities · 609th of 2,430 nationally
7.6%
of Delaware’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 38 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Dover Police Department (16), Lowe's (3). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (22), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 23.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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