Cameras / KY
License plate readers in Kentucky
1,858 cameras have been documented in Kentucky. That is the 24th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.3% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Louisville/Jefferson County has the most of any city in the state, with 339 — 18% of the total. Flock Safety built 98% of the 1,189 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 1,189 of them stand in the 32 cities listed below. 669 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.
1,858
cameras documented statewide
24th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,189
in listed cities
669
outside city limits
ALPR law in Kentucky
Kentucky regulates automated license plate readers under 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 71 (HB 58). The statute caps retention at 90 days. Signed April 10, 2026, Kentucky's privacy act sets a 90-day retention limit with carve-outs and enumerates the permitted uses of plate data: criminal investigation, Transportation Cabinet functions, insurance-fraud and collateral-recovery work, and training with images redacted.
ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →
Statute last verified September 26, 2026.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,162
- Motorola Solutions2
- Leonardo/ELSAG1
- Neology2
- Other vendors10
- Unknown12
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County | 339 | 1.29 |
| Lexington-Fayette | 200 | 0.70 |
| Louisville | 142 | 2.31 |
| Elizabethtown | 67 | 2.37 |
| Jeffersontown | 35 | 3.22 |
| Paducah | 32 | 1.57 |
| St. Matthews | 24 | 5.44 |
| Henderson | 22 | 1.30 |
| Georgetown | 21 | 1.18 |
| Hopkinsville | 20 | 0.61 |
| Bowling Green | 17 | 0.40 |
| Vine Grove | 17 | 2.48 |
| Frankfort | 16 | 1.08 |
| Florence | 16 | 1.43 |
| Owensboro | 16 | 0.75 |
| Radcliff | 15 | 1.11 |
| Winchester | 15 | 1.62 |
| Glasgow | 15 | 0.93 |
| Nicholasville | 14 | 0.90 |
| Morehead | 14 | 1.45 |
| Middletown | 13 | 2.53 |
| Shively | 12 | 2.62 |
| Richmond | 12 | 0.54 |
| Leitchfield | 12 | 1.12 |
| Danville | 12 | 0.66 |
| West Buechel | 11 | 17.20 |
| Hurstbourne | 10 | 5.55 |
| Mount Washington | 10 | 1.04 |
| Shepherdsville | 10 | 0.61 |
| Russell | 10 | 2.63 |
| Mount Sterling | 10 | 2.22 |
| Somerset | 10 | 0.66 |
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 Kentucky’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 →
Kentucky ranks 24th of 52 by documented cameras. Kansas (2,102) ranks just above, and Minnesota (1,612) just below.