Cameras / Massachusetts / Springfield
License plate readers in Springfield, MA
Volunteers have documented 56 automated license plate readers inside Springfield. No other Massachusetts city in this index has more, and Springfield alone accounts for 4.8% of every reader documented in the state. Its density of 1.8 per square mile places Springfield near the middle of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 95% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 10, 2026.
56
readers documented
1.8
per square mile
1st
of 28 indexed Massachusetts cities · 387th of 2,430 nationally
4.8%
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 Safety53 · 95%
- Genetec1 · 2%
- Neology2 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 54 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Springfield Police (39), Lowe's (4), unknown (1). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (10)
- Coverage area
- 31.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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