Cameras / Massachusetts / Lowell
License plate readers in Lowell, MA
Volunteers have documented 42 automated license plate readers inside Lowell. That is the 5th-largest total among the 29 Massachusetts cities indexed here, and 3.5% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 76% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 10 on poles and 3 on utility pole mounts.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 17, 2026.
42
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
5th
of 29 indexed Massachusetts cities · 547th of 2,395 nationally
3.5%
of Massachusetts’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 28 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowell Police (40). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (10), utility pole (3), building (1)
- Coverage area
- 13.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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