License plate readers in McAllen, TX
Volunteers have documented 73 automated license plate readers inside McAllen. That is the 29th-largest total among the 206 Texas cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 62.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 99% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 39 on traffic signals and 4 on poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
73
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
29th
of 206 indexed Texas cities
0.5%
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
- Flock Safety72 · 99%
- Genetec1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 73 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (39), pole (4), Pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 62.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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