City profile

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 September 13, 2026.

581ALPR cameras mapped
66per 100K residents

Out of 147,956 cameras tracked across the United States.Around the national average of ~45 per 100K.

Recent change

2 cameras added since Sep 6 (0%)

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

488 of 581 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
330
2Daly City Police Department
10
3Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District
8
4California Highway Patrol
6
5Bay Area Toll Authority
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.

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