License plate readers in Richardson, TX
Volunteers have documented 104 automated license plate readers inside Richardson. That is the 19th-largest total among the 215 Texas cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. At 3.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 81% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 23 on poles and 12 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 25, 2026.
104
readers documented
3.6
per square mile
19th
of 215 indexed Texas cities · 139th of 2,395 nationally
0.6%
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 Safety100 · 96%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 3%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 96 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (23), traffic signal (12), street lamp (4), traffic signals pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 28.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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