Cameras / PA
License plate readers in Pennsylvania
4,033 cameras have been documented in Pennsylvania. That is the 8th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.8% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Pittsburgh has the most of any city in the state, with 284 — 7.0% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,539 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 36%. 1,539 of them stand in the 62 cities listed below. 2,494 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.
4,033
cameras documented statewide
8th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,539
in listed cities
2,494
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety561
- Motorola Solutions145
- Genetec174
- Leonardo/ELSAG16
- Neology14
- Other vendors419
- Unknown210
By city
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 Pennsylvania’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 →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
Pennsylvania ranks 8th of 52 by documented cameras. New York (4,822) ranks just above, and North Carolina (3,984) just below.
