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ALPR cameras in Seattle, WA

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

350ALPR cameras mapped
47per 100K residents

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

Recent change

↑ 68 cameras added since Oct 25 (+7%)

Manufacturer spotlight
70%of mapped cameras in Seattle are Flock Safety

246 of 350 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.

1Washington State Department of Transportation
32
2The Home Depot
13
3Flock Safety
13
4SeaTac Police
9
5Lowe's
5

Score a specific address in Seattle

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