Cameras / Pennsylvania / Reading
License plate readers in Reading, PA
Volunteers have documented 17 automated license plate readers inside Reading. That is the 22nd-largest total among the 61 Pennsylvania cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Reading near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. No manufacturer was recorded for 82% of them, so the vendor mix here is less certain than the count. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
17
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
22nd
of 61 indexed Pennsylvania cities · 1,426th of 2,395 nationally
0.4%
of Pennsylvania’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 4 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- building (1), traffic signal (1), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 9.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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