License plate readers in Dover, DE
Volunteers have documented 36 automated license plate readers inside Dover. No other Delaware city in this index has more, and Dover alone accounts for 9.0% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.5 per square mile places Dover near the middle of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 21 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
36
readers documented
1.5
per square mile
1st
of 6 indexed Delaware cities
9.0%
of Delaware’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 Safety36 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Dover Police Department (16), Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (21), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 23.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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