Cameras / KS
License plate readers in Kansas
2,102 cameras have been documented in Kansas. That is the 23rd-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.5% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Wichita has the most of any city in the state, with 373 — 18% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,419 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 52%. 1,419 of them stand in the 26 cities listed below. 683 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
2,102
cameras documented statewide
23rd
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,419
in listed cities
683
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety743
- Motorola Solutions43
- Genetec423
- Leonardo/ELSAG147
- Neology1
- Other vendors56
- Unknown6
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 373 | 2.26 |
| Kansas City | 178 | 1.43 |
| Topeka | 126 | 2.04 |
| Lawrence | 83 | 2.40 |
| Overland Park | 75 | 1.00 |
| Olathe | 75 | 1.16 |
| Shawnee | 71 | 1.69 |
| Prairie Village | 65 | 10.47 |
| Salina | 39 | 1.48 |
| Lenexa | 37 | 1.09 |
| Mission | 33 | 12.37 |
| Pittsburg | 33 | 2.45 |
| Merriam | 26 | 6.02 |
| Leawood | 25 | 1.65 |
| Leavenworth | 23 | 0.94 |
| Junction City | 22 | 1.91 |
| Park City | 20 | 1.96 |
| Derby | 16 | 1.44 |
| Dodge City | 16 | 1.07 |
| Gardner | 14 | 0.94 |
| Roeland Park | 12 | 7.41 |
| Hutchinson | 12 | 0.47 |
| Maize | 12 | 1.19 |
| Garden City | 12 | 1.07 |
| Mission Hills | 11 | 5.40 |
| Andover | 10 | 0.91 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Kansas’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
Kansas ranks 23rd of 52 by documented cameras. Louisiana (2,116) ranks just above, and Kentucky (1,858) just below.