Cameras / Washington / Seattle
License plate readers in Seattle, WA
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Seattle. That is the 5th-largest total among the 54 Washington cities indexed here, and 2.4% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 84 square miles — thinner coverage than 88% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 45%, followed by Motorola Solutions at 8%. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 15 on poles and 2 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
53
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
5th
of 54 indexed Washington cities
2.4%
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 · 45%
- Motorola Solutions4 · 8%
- Other vendors12 · 23%
- Unknown13 · 25%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 42 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Washington State Department of Transport (4). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), street lamp (2), ceiling (2), building (1)
- Coverage area
- 84 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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