License plate readers in San Antonio, TX
Volunteers have documented 334 automated license plate readers inside San Antonio. That is the 4th-largest total among the 215 Texas cities indexed here, and 1.9% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 499 square miles — thinner coverage than 88% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
334
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
4th
of 215 indexed Texas cities · 21st of 2,395 nationally
1.9%
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 Safety320 · 96%
- Motorola Solutions7 · 2%
- Other vendors5 · 1%
- Unknown2 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 307 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (7), Academy Sports + Outdoors (5), Live Oak (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (35), traffic signal (2), street lamp (2), wall (1)
- Coverage area
- 499 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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