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Cameras in Seattle, WA
69 speed camera locations, 30 red light camera locations, 51 mapped plate readers and 393 traffic cameras in Seattle.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Seattle, by camera type.
Seattle: 51 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Renton 81, Tukwila 48, SeaTac 37 and Kent 56.
Speed cameras in Seattle
From City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation, all on the map.
1 more speed or red light camera is on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- Speed and red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) 99 locations listed by City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation City of Seattle ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
RCW 46.63.170 (HB 2384, 2024 expansion).
Red light cameras in Seattle
From City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation, all on the map.
License plate readers in Seattle
51 plate readers are on the map in Seattle, and 23 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Washington State Department of Transportation is tagged on 4.
First-mapped dates here run from May 15, 2023 to Oct 18, 2026. 36 of the 51 were first mapped in 2026, with 20 in July alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 3 agencies based in Seattle that use plate readers, among them Port of Seattle Police Department.
Traffic cameras in Seattle
From City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Seattle
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Know when cameras in Seattle change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
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- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
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156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- City of Seattle: speed and red light camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation: Camera locations: City of Seattle (SDOT). Read November 7, 2026.
- City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation: Camera locations: City of Seattle (SDOT). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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