License plate readers in Carmel, IN
Volunteers have documented 111 automated license plate readers inside Carmel. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 60 Indiana cities indexed here, and 3.0% of the statewide total. At 2.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 63% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 46 on poles and 3 on lightpole mounts.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 16, 2026.
111
readers documented
2.3
per square mile
2nd
of 60 indexed Indiana cities · 126th of 2,395 nationally
3.0%
of Indiana’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety108 · 97%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
- Unknown2 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 96 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Carmel Police Department (2), Flock Safety (2), ZionsvillePD (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (46), lightpole (3), street lamp (3), telephonepole (1), post (1)
- Coverage area
- 49.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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