Cameras / Massachusetts / Springfield
License plate readers in Springfield, MA
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Springfield. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 29 Massachusetts cities indexed here, and 4.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Springfield near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 27, 2026.
53
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
2nd
of 29 indexed Massachusetts cities · 402nd of 2,395 nationally
4.4%
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
- 51 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Springfield Police (39), Lowe's (4), unknown (1). All 720 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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