License plate readers in Portland, OR
Volunteers have documented 74 automated license plate readers inside Portland. No other Oregon city in this index has more, and Portland alone accounts for 13% of every reader documented in the state. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 133.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 92% of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot, Lowe's, and Kroger. Not all of them watch open road: 11 were tagged in parking areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.
74
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
1st
of 12 indexed Oregon cities · 254th of 2,430 nationally
13%
of Oregon’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 Safety36 · 49%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 4%
- Genetec4 · 5%
- Other vendors22 · 30%
- Unknown9 · 12%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 55 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (7), Lowe's (4), Kroger (4). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (20), post (1), street lamp (1), polei (1)
- Coverage area
- 133.5 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Oregon ALPR law (30 days retention)
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