Cameras / Washington / Renton
License plate readers in Renton, WA
Volunteers have documented 66 automated license plate readers inside Renton. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 54 Washington cities indexed here, and 3.0% of the statewide total. At 2.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on street lamps and 3 on poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
66
readers documented
2.8
per square mile
3rd
of 54 indexed Washington cities
3.0%
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 Safety63 · 95%
- Unknown3 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 48 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Valley Medical Center (4), Flock Safety (3), Renton Police (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- street lamp (16), pole (3), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 23.5 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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