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License plate readers in Dallas, TX

Volunteers have documented 873 automated license plate readers inside Dallas. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 206 Texas cities indexed here, and 5.5% of the statewide total. At 2.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 71% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 873

    readers documented

  • 2.6

    per square mile

  • 2nd

    of 206 indexed Texas cities

  • 5.5%

    of Texas’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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
685 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Dallas Police Department (62), Lowe's (6), Baylor University Nursing School (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
pole (139), traffic signal (12), street lamp (10), wall (3), post (2)
Coverage area
339.7 square miles of land inside city limits.

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