Cameras / Washington / Vancouver
License plate readers in Vancouver, WA
Volunteers have documented 25 automated license plate readers inside Vancouver. That is the 20th-largest total among the 62 Washington cities indexed here, and 1.1% of the statewide total. Its 0.5 readers per square mile spread across 48.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 93% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot and Kroger.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 10, 2026.
25
readers documented
0.5
per square mile
20th
of 62 indexed Washington cities · 983rd of 2,395 nationally
1.1%
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 Safety18 · 72%
- Neology3 · 12%
- Other vendors1 · 4%
- Unknown3 · 12%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 19 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (2), Kroger (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 48.8 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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