Cameras / Massachusetts / Lowell
License plate readers in Lowell, MA
Volunteers have documented 43 automated license plate readers inside Lowell. That is the 4th-largest total among the 27 Massachusetts cities indexed here, and 3.7% of the statewide total. At 3.2 per square mile it is more densely covered than 80% 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 11 on poles and 2 on utility pole mounts.
Updated August 14, 2026.
43
readers documented
3.2
per square mile
4th
of 27 indexed Massachusetts cities
3.7%
of Massachusetts’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 Safety43 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 28 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowell Police (40), Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (11), utility pole (2), building (1)
- Coverage area
- 13.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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