Cameras / Pennsylvania / Pittsburgh
License plate readers in Pittsburgh, PA
Volunteers have documented 284 automated license plate readers inside Pittsburgh. No other Pennsylvania city in this index has more, and Pittsburgh alone accounts for 7.0% of every reader documented in the state. At 5.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 88% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Motorola Solutions holds the largest share here at 32%, rather than Flock Safety, which leads in most cities in this index.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 10, 2026.
284
readers documented
5.1
per square mile
1st
of 62 indexed Pennsylvania cities · 27th of 2,430 nationally
7.0%
of Pennsylvania’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 Safety88 · 31%
- Motorola Solutions90 · 32%
- Genetec50 · 18%
- Neology6 · 2%
- Other vendors21 · 7%
- Unknown29 · 10%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 254 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Pittsburgh Parking Authority (3). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), street lamp (3), traffic signal (3)
- Coverage area
- 55.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Motorola Solutions camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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