License plate readers in Salem, OR
Volunteers have documented 30 automated license plate readers inside Salem. That is the 5th-largest total among the 9 Oregon cities indexed here, and 6.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 49 square miles — thinner coverage than 89% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. No manufacturer was recorded for 57% of them, so the vendor mix here is less certain than the count. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: traffic signals.
Updated August 14, 2026.
30
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
5th
of 9 indexed Oregon cities
6.5%
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 Safety5 · 17%
- Other vendors8 · 27%
- Unknown17 · 57%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 9 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Salem Police Department (4), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (16)
- Coverage area
- 49 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Oregon ALPR law
These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology.