Cameras / IA
License plate readers in Iowa
803 cameras have been documented in Iowa. That is the 35th-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.6% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Cedar Rapids has the most of any city in the state, with 80 — 10.0% of the total. Flock Safety built 95% of the 551 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 551 of them stand in the 20 cities listed below. 252 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
803
cameras documented statewide
35th
most-documented of 51 states and territories
551
in listed cities
252
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety525
- Motorola Solutions1
- Genetec4
- Other vendors13
- Unknown8
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids | 80 | 1.07 |
| West Des Moines | 60 | 1.26 |
| Marshalltown | 45 | 2.35 |
| Altoona | 40 | 2.99 |
| Ames | 37 | 1.31 |
| Iowa City | 32 | 1.24 |
| Dubuque | 31 | 0.99 |
| Urbandale | 29 | 1.29 |
| Sioux City | 26 | 0.44 |
| Council Bluffs | 24 | 0.56 |
| Clive | 20 | 2.61 |
| Storm Lake | 18 | 3.32 |
| Johnston | 18 | 0.92 |
| Ankeny | 16 | 0.49 |
| Burlington | 15 | 1.04 |
| Davenport | 15 | 0.23 |
| Oelwein | 14 | 2.91 |
| Coralville | 11 | 0.87 |
| Waukee | 10 | 0.46 |
| 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.