License plate readers in Kansas City, MO

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

Volunteers have documented 509 automated license plate readers inside Kansas City. No other Missouri city in this index has more, and Kansas City alone accounts for 15% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Kansas City near the middle of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 52%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and The Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 90 on poles and 68 on traffic signals.

Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 2, 2026.

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509
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
1st
of 69 indexed Missouri cities · 12th of 2,430 nationally
15%
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 · 22%
Motorola Solutions114 · 22%
Genetec266 · 52%
Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 0%
Neology4 · 1%
Other vendors1 · 0%
Unknown11 · 2%

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What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads: 492 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators: Lowe's (4), The Home Depot (2). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted: pole (90), traffic signal (68), street lamp (1)
Coverage area: 314.5 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

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