Cameras / Missouri / St. Louis
License plate readers in St. Louis, MO
Volunteers have documented 155 automated license plate readers inside St. Louis. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 62 Missouri cities indexed here, and 5.0% of the statewide total. At 2.5 per square mile it is more densely covered than 70% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Genetec holds the largest share here at 83%, 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.
Updated August 14, 2026.
155
readers documented
2.5
per square mile
2nd
of 62 indexed Missouri cities
5.0%
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 · 12%
- Motorola Solutions8 · 5%
- Genetec128 · 83%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 150 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- St. Louis City PD (121), The Home Depot (2), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (109), street lamp (1), post (1), wall (1)
- Coverage area
- 61.7 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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