License plate readers in Massachusetts

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

1,147 cameras have been documented in Massachusetts. That is the 27th-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.9% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Quincy has the most of any city in the state, with 52 — 4.5% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 590 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 85%. 590 of them stand in the 27 cities listed below. 557 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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1,147
cameras documented statewide
27th
most-documented of 51 states and territories
590
in listed cities
557
outside city limits

Who makes them

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

Flock Safety503
Motorola Solutions11
Genetec6
Neology2
Other vendors9
Unknown59

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Quincy	52	3.14
Springfield	47	1.47
Boston	44	0.91
Lowell	43	3.16
Weymouth Town	29	1.73
Methuen	27	1.22
Fall River	25	0.75
Worcester	23	0.62
Braintree Town	22	1.60
Medford	21	2.59
Lynn	21	1.96
Waltham	21	1.65
Lawrence	19	2.74
Haverhill	19	0.58
Taunton	18	0.39
Chicopee	18	0.79
Saugus	17	1.58
Norwood	15	1.45
Revere	14	2.45
Woburn	14	1.11
Somerville	13	3.16
Chelsea	13	5.86
Milford	12	1.18
Holyoke	12	0.57
Milton	11	0.85
Westfield	10	0.22
Malden	10	1.98

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.