Cameras / OR
License plate readers in Oregon
559 cameras have been documented in Oregon. That is the 37th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.4% of the 146,048 documented nationwide. Portland has the most of any city in the state, with 73 — 13% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 335 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 55%. 335 of them stand in the 12 cities listed below. 224 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 13, 2026.
559
cameras documented statewide
37th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
335
in listed cities
224
outside city limits
ALPR law in Oregon
Oregon regulates automated license plate readers under Or. Laws 2026, ch. 77 (SB 1516). The statute caps retention at 30 days. Signed March 31, 2026 and effective immediately, Oregon's law requires plate data unconnected to a court proceeding or ongoing investigation to be deleted within 30 days, and bars sharing with non-Oregon government entities except for a case-specific law enforcement purpose. Vendors may not sell or disclose the data, must encrypt it, and must supply audits that agencies publish within two days.
ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →
Statute last verified September 26, 2026.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety184
- Motorola Solutions23
- Genetec5
- Leonardo/ELSAG2
- Neology3
- Other vendors81
- Unknown37
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Portland | 73 | 0.55 |
| Salem | 53 | 1.08 |
| Medford | 45 | 1.57 |
| Sutherlin | 31 | 5.07 |
| Hillsboro | 30 | 1.13 |
| Eugene | 19 | 0.43 |
| Pendleton | 18 | 1.55 |
| Roseburg | 17 | 1.58 |
| Beaverton | 16 | 0.81 |
| Redmond | 13 | 0.69 |
| North Bend | 10 | 2.54 |
| Umatilla | 10 | 1.96 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Oregon’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
Oregon ranks 37th of 52 by documented cameras. Nebraska (655) ranks just above, and Delaware (527) just below.