Cameras / Washington / Lakewood
License plate readers in Lakewood, WA
Volunteers have documented 50 automated license plate readers inside Lakewood. That is the 8th-largest total among the 54 Washington cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. At 2.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 96% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 42 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
50
readers documented
2.9
per square mile
8th
of 54 indexed Washington cities
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 Safety48 · 96%
- Unknown2 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 48 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lakewood Police Department (39), Flock Safety (2), City of Lakewood (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (42), street lamp (2)
- Coverage area
- 17.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Washington ALPR law
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