License plate readers in Tampa, FL
Volunteers have documented 111 automated license plate readers inside Tampa. That is the 8th-largest total among the 172 Florida cities indexed here, and 1.1% of the statewide total. Its 1.0 readers per square mile spread across 114.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 76% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
111
readers documented
1.0
per square mile
8th
of 172 indexed Florida cities · 126th of 2,395 nationally
1.1%
of Florida’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 Safety94 · 85%
- Motorola Solutions7 · 6%
- Genetec8 · 7%
- Leonardo/ELSAG1 · 1%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 79 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), mobile (1), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 114.5 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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