Cameras / Washington / Auburn
License plate readers in Auburn, WA
Volunteers have documented 54 automated license plate readers inside Auburn. That is the 6th-largest total among the 62 Washington cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.8 per square mile places Auburn near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 9 on poles and 6 on traffic signals.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
54
readers documented
1.8
per square mile
6th
of 62 indexed Washington cities · 388th of 2,395 nationally
2.3%
of Washington’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 Safety44 · 81%
- Other vendors7 · 13%
- Unknown3 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 29 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Auburn Police (15), Lowe's (5), King County Housing Authority (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (9), traffic signal (6), building (3), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 29.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Washington ALPR law (21 days retention)
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