Cameras / MO
License plate readers in Missouri
3,397 cameras have been documented in Missouri. That is the 14th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.4% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Kansas City has the most of any city in the state, with 499 — 15% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,469 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 68%. 2,469 of them stand in the 68 cities listed below. 928 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.
3,397
cameras documented statewide
14th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,469
in listed cities
928
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,687
- Motorola Solutions152
- Genetec595
- Leonardo/ELSAG2
- Neology8
- Other vendors8
- Unknown17
By city
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 Missouri’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 →
Missouri ranks 14th of 52 by documented cameras. Virginia (3,530) ranks just above, and Alabama (2,882) just below.
