License plate readers in Wichita, KS
Volunteers have documented 378 automated license plate readers inside Wichita. No other Kansas city in this index has more, and Wichita alone accounts for 18% of every reader documented in the state. At 2.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 62% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and Walmart.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 11, 2026.
378
readers documented
2.3
per square mile
1st
of 26 indexed Kansas cities · 17th of 2,430 nationally
18%
of Kansas’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 Safety370 · 98%
- Other vendors5 · 1%
- Unknown3 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 297 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Wichita Police Department (6), Lowe's (3), Walmart (2). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (63), street lamp (5), traffic signal (4), trailer (3), power pole (2)
- Coverage area
- 165.1 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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