License plate readers in Iowa

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Iowa
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

890 cameras have been documented in Iowa. That is the 35th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.6% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Cedar Rapids has the most of any city in the state, with 79 — 8.9% of the total. Flock Safety built 94% of the 644 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 644 of them stand in the 24 cities listed below. 246 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.

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890
cameras documented statewide
35th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
644
in listed cities
246
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety608
Motorola Solutions2
Genetec8
Other vendors17
Unknown9

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Cedar Rapids	79	1.06
West Des Moines	69	1.45
Altoona	62	4.64
Marshalltown	52	2.71
Ames	39	1.38
Iowa City	33	1.28
Dubuque	31	0.99
Urbandale	30	1.33
Sioux City	27	0.45
Council Bluffs	24	0.56
Clive	20	2.61
Johnston	19	0.97
Storm Lake	17	3.13
Davenport	17	0.26
Ankeny	16	0.49
Burlington	15	1.04
Oelwein	14	2.91
Bettendorf	14	0.66
Des Moines	13	0.15
Newton	12	1.07
Coralville	11	0.87
Waukee	10	0.46
Clinton	10	0.28
Clear Lake	10	0.93

Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.

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Iowa ranks 35th of 52 by documented cameras. Nevada (1,035) ranks just above, and Nebraska (656) just below.