License plate readers in Altoona, IA
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Altoona. That is the 4th-largest total among the 20 Iowa cities indexed here, and 5.0% of the statewide total. At 3.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 77% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 27 on poles and 10 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
40
readers documented
3.0
per square mile
4th
of 20 indexed Iowa cities
5.0%
of Iowa’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 Safety40 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 40 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Altoona Police Department (36), Lowe's (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (27), street lamp (10), traffic signal (2)
- Coverage area
- 13.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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