License plate readers in Cedar Rapids, IA
Volunteers have documented 80 automated license plate readers inside Cedar Rapids. No other Iowa city in this index has more, and Cedar Rapids alone accounts for 10.0% of every reader documented in the state. Its 1.1 readers per square mile spread across 74.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 70% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowes. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 70 on poles and 4 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
80
readers documented
1.1
per square mile
1st
of 20 indexed Iowa cities
10.0%
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 Safety75 · 94%
- Other vendors4 · 5%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 78 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Cedar Rapids Police Department (49), Kirkwood Community College (4), Lowes (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (70), street lamp (4), gantry (1)
- Coverage area
- 74.8 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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