License plate readers in Michigan

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Michigan
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

3,679 cameras have been documented in Michigan. That is the 12th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.5% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Detroit has the most of any city in the state, with 566 — 15% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,209 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 78%. 2,209 of them stand in the 63 cities listed below. 1,470 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 14, 2026.

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3,679
cameras documented statewide
12th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,209
in listed cities
1,470
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety1,725
Motorola Solutions238
Genetec140
Leonardo/ELSAG2
Neology3
Other vendors68
Unknown33

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Detroit	566	4.08
Dearborn	92	3.79
Flint	67	2.00
Southfield	63	2.40
Romulus	62	1.74
Taylor	60	2.54
Kalamazoo	59	2.39
Wyoming	55	2.22
East Lansing	55	4.09
Pontiac	52	2.61
Livonia	49	1.37
Farmington Hills	43	1.29
Grand Rapids	43	0.96
Saginaw	41	2.36
Lansing	37	0.94
Warren	33	0.96
Auburn Hills	33	1.98
Kentwood	33	1.58
Troy	32	0.96
Portage	31	0.96
Norton Shores	31	1.33
Dearborn Heights	28	2.39
Sterling Heights	27	0.74
Muskegon	26	1.84
Lincoln Park	25	4.28
Garden City	25	4.26
Jackson	25	2.32
River Rouge	24	9.00
Rochester Hills	21	0.64
Highland Park	20	6.73
Wyandotte	19	3.59
Roseville	18	1.83
Holland	18	1.06
Monroe	18	1.99
Battle Creek	18	0.42
Eastpointe	17	3.30
Madison Heights	16	2.26
Albion	16	3.63
Grandville	15	2.07
Burton	15	0.64
Hamtramck	15	7.18
Oak Park	15	2.91
Muskegon Heights	15	4.71
Novi	14	0.46
Port Huron	14	1.73
Melvindale	14	5.13
Westland	13	0.64
Waldron	13	13.00
Berrien Springs	13	14.16
Ecorse	12	4.23
Adrian	12	1.50
Allen Park	12	1.72
Flushing	12	3.32
New Baltimore	11	2.39
Walker	11	0.45
Royal Oak	11	0.93
Harper Woods	11	4.18
St. Clair Shores	11	0.94
Grand Haven	11	1.92
Lewiston	11	3.88
Wixom	10	1.09
Comstock Park	10	2.58
Inkster	10	1.60

Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.

Contract decisions in Michigan

One decision here is in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.

Menominee canceled its Flock Safety contract · May 2026

Explore this data further

Michigan ranks 12th of 52 by documented cameras. Tennessee (3,722) ranks just above, and Missouri (3,482) just below.