ANPR camera locations in the UK

There is no official public map — police forces do not publish camera locations. This map shows the ANPR cameras that OpenStreetMap volunteers have documented from public roads across the UK, with the densest coverage in and around London.

The National ANPR Service is built from more than 12,000 fixed camera sets plus around 1,900 mobile units, submitting somewhere between 60 and 100 million plate reads to national systems every single day, according to Home Office and police.uk figures. Community mapping is much younger: around 1,300 UK cameras have been individually documented on OpenStreetMap so far, so this map shows a growing sample rather than the full network.

Generally no. Police forces routinely refuse Freedom of Information requests for exact locations, citing law-enforcement exemptions. Cameras visible from public roads can be lawfully observed and mapped, which is what the OpenStreetMap community does.

Same technology, different vendor ecosystem. ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) is the British term for what Americans call ALPR. Flock Safety is a US vendor; UK cameras come from other suppliers and are mostly operated by police forces, councils, and car park operators.

Use the find cameras near me button on this map — it centres the map on your location and shows every documented camera nearby, with a count of cameras within 5 miles. Your location is used only in your browser and never stored.