License plate readers in Columbia, MO
Volunteers have documented 117 automated license plate readers inside Columbia. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 68 Missouri cities indexed here, and 3.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Columbia near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 12, 2026.
117
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
3rd
of 68 indexed Missouri cities · 119th of 2,395 nationally
3.4%
of Missouri’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 Safety111 · 95%
- Motorola Solutions4 · 3%
- Neology2 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 98 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- City of Columbia (29), City of Columbia PD (5), Columbia, Mo Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (14), traffic signal (2), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 67.8 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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