Cameras / Washington / Seattle
License plate readers in Seattle, WA
Volunteers have documented 104 automated license plate readers inside Seattle. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 61 Washington cities indexed here, and 4.4% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 84 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,400 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's and The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 9, 2026.
104
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
2nd
of 61 indexed Washington cities · 144th of 2,400 nationally
4.4%
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 Safety24 · 23%
- Motorola Solutions6 · 6%
- Other vendors62 · 60%
- Unknown12 · 12%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 94 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Washington State Department of Transportation (4), Lowe's (4), The Home Depot (3). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), ceiling (2), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 84 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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