Cameras / Massachusetts / Somerville
License plate readers in Somerville, MA
Volunteers have documented 13 automated license plate readers inside Somerville. That is the 21st-largest total among the 27 Massachusetts cities indexed here, and 1.1% 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. No manufacturer was recorded for 69% of them, so the vendor mix here is less certain than the count. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot and Home Depot. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 9 on walls and 2 on poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
13
readers documented
3.2
per square mile
21st
of 27 indexed Massachusetts cities
1.1%
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 Safety4 · 31%
- Unknown9 · 69%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 3 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Tufts University (8), The Home Depot (3), Home Depot (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- wall (9), pole (2)
- Coverage area
- 4.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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