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ALPR cameras in San Diego, CA

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

700ALPR cameras mapped
50per 100K residents

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

Recent change

↑ 6 cameras added since Oct 25 (+1%)

Manufacturer spotlight
35%of mapped cameras in San Diego are Flock Safety

246 of 700 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.

1San Diego Police Department
425
2Chula Vista Police Department
12
3The Home Depot
7
4Coronado Police Department
6
5Lowe's
6

Score a specific address in San Diego

Outflock estimates surveillance exposure for any US address by modeling short trips out of that address and checking which ones cross an ALPR camera. San Diego 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 San Diego'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.