California surveillance index
Flock Camera Reports in California
Browse 22 metro-area reports connected to California. Every report uses the same 25-mile counting radius and separates explicitly Flock-tagged records from other or unspecified ALPRs.
Source data through August 19, 2026 · Counts are crowdsourced observations, not an official inventory
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Metro circles can overlap and can cross state lines. For that reason, this page does not add the metro counts together or label the result a statewide total. Open a local report to see its exact radius, Flock share, source tags, and nearby comparisons.
| State rank | Metro report | All ALPRs | Tagged Flock | Flock share | Density / 100 sq mi | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | 3,242 | 2,951 | 91% | 165.1 | #4 |
| #2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 3,010 | 2,235 | 74.3% | 153.3 | #6 |
| #3 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville | 914 | 785 | 85.9% | 46.5 | #23 |
| #4 | Vallejo | 695 | 616 | 88.6% | 35.4 | #32 |
| #5 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | 690 | 520 | 75.4% | 35.1 | #33 |
| #6 | Napa | 540 | 527 | 97.6% | 27.5 | #46 |
| #7 | Stockton-Lodi | 527 | 416 | 78.9% | 26.8 | #48 |
| #8 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | 465 | 296 | 63.7% | 23.7 | #54 |
| #9 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | 355 | 318 | 89.6% | 18.1 | #78 |
| #10 | Modesto | 349 | 225 | 64.5% | 17.8 | #80 |
| #11 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma | 338 | 334 | 98.8% | 17.2 | #82 |
| #12 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | 310 | 285 | 91.9% | 15.8 | #88 |
| #13 | Fresno | 300 | 277 | 92.3% | 15.3 | #91 |
| #14 | Bakersfield-Delano | 249 | 220 | 88.4% | 12.7 | #111 |
| #15 | Yuba City | 168 | 152 | 90.5% | 8.6 | #152 |
| #16 | Merced | 151 | 106 | 70.2% | 7.7 | #166 |
| #17 | El Centro | 150 | 135 | 90% | 7.6 | #168 |
| #18 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | 128 | 64 | 50% | 6.5 | #187 |
| #19 | Chico | 104 | 60 | 57.7% | 5.3 | #217 |
| #20 | Redding | 72 | 28 | 38.9% | 3.7 | #258 |
| #21 | Hanford-Corcoran | 60 | 54 | 90% | 3.1 | #277 |
| #22 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | 50 | 48 | 96% | 2.5 | #292 |
State rank orders associated reports by documented total. It is not a statewide camera total.
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