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ALPR cameras in San Francisco, CA

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

574ALPR cameras mapped
66per 100K residents

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

Recent change

↑ 19 cameras added since Oct 25 (+1%)

Manufacturer spotlight
84%of mapped cameras in San Francisco are Flock Safety

482 of 574 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 Francisco Police Department
430
2Stonestown Galleria Mall
13
3Daly City Police Department
10
4Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District
8
5California Highway Patrol
6

Score a specific address in San Francisco

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 Francisco 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 Francisco'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.