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ALPR cameras in Los Angeles, CA

License plate reader coverage mapped in Los Angeles, California. Counts cover an approximate bounding box around the city core, not the full metropolitan area.Data as of November 1, 2026.

2,361ALPR cameras mapped
61per 100K residents

Out of 146,055 cameras tracked across the United States.Around the national average of ~44 per 100K.

Recent change

↑ 26 cameras added since Oct 25 (+1%)

Manufacturer spotlight
63%of mapped cameras in Los Angeles are Flock Safety

1,497 of 2,361 cameras carry the Flock Safety manufacturer tag in OpenStreetMap.

Identified operators

Not every camera in OpenStreetMap has an operator tag. The list below covers only those that do.

1City of Beverly Hills
78
2Pasadena Police Department
71
3The Home Depot
58
4Culver City
35
5Los Angeles Police Department
34

Score a specific address in Los Angeles

Outflock estimates surveillance exposure for any US address by modeling short trips out of that address and checking which ones cross an ALPR camera. Los Angeles addresses are eligible.

Score an address

See the methodology for how counts are sourced and what coverage gaps to expect. For national rankings and trends, see surveillance landscape.

What counts as a city: Numbers cover cameras found within an approximate bounding box for Los Angeles's core area. Suburbs and unincorporated areas are not included. Population figures from the 2020 US Census, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Camera data © OpenStreetMap contributors, with thanks to the DeFlock community.