Cameras / Washington / Bellevue
License plate readers in Bellevue, WA
Volunteers have documented 23 automated license plate readers inside Bellevue. That is the 22nd-largest total among the 62 Washington cities indexed here, and 1.0% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 33.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 87% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot and Kroger. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 6 on poles and 5 on street lamps. Not all of them watch open road: 4 were tagged in parking areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 14, 2026.
23
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
22nd
of 62 indexed Washington cities · 1,070th of 2,395 nationally
1.0%
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 Safety12 · 52%
- Other vendors5 · 22%
- Unknown6 · 26%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 10 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Washington State Department of Transportation (5), The Home Depot (4), Kroger (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (6), street lamp (5)
- Coverage area
- 33.5 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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