Cameras / Missouri / St. Louis
License plate readers in St. Louis, MO
Volunteers have documented 190 automated license plate readers inside St. Louis. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 68 Missouri cities indexed here, and 5.6% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 86%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 21, 2026.
190
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
2nd
of 68 indexed Missouri cities · 52nd of 2,395 nationally
5.6%
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 Safety19 · 10%
- Motorola Solutions8 · 4%
- Genetec163 · 86%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 185 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- St. Louis City PD (155), The Home Depot (2), Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (111), street lamp (1), post (1), wall (1)
- Coverage area
- 61.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Genetec camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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