Cameras / Kansas / Kansas City
License plate readers in Kansas City, KS
Volunteers have documented 178 automated license plate readers inside Kansas City. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 26 Kansas cities indexed here, and 8.5% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.4 per square mile places Kansas City near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 53%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
178
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
2nd
of 26 indexed Kansas cities · 57th of 2,395 nationally
8.5%
of Kansas’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
- 153 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (79), post (1), wall (1), ceiling (1), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 124.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Genetec camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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