License plate readers in Cleveland, OH
Volunteers have documented 229 automated license plate readers inside Cleveland. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 153 Ohio cities indexed here, and 3.3% of the statewide total. At 3.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 74% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 27, 2026.
229
readers documented
3.0
per square mile
2nd
of 153 indexed Ohio cities · 33rd of 2,395 nationally
3.3%
of Ohio’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 Safety190 · 83%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 1%
- Genetec1 · 0%
- Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 1%
- Other vendors1 · 0%
- Unknown32 · 14%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 201 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (3), Flock Safety (2), City of Cleveland Police (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (22), street lamp (6), traffic signal (3), utility (2), post (2)
- Coverage area
- 77.7 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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