Cameras / MI
License plate readers in Michigan
3,687 cameras have been documented in Michigan. That is the 11th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.6% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Detroit has the most of any city in the state, with 559 — 15% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 2,194 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 78%. 2,194 of them stand in the 63 cities listed below. 1,493 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 29, 2026.
3,687
cameras documented statewide
11th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
2,194
in listed cities
1,493
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,715
- Motorola Solutions239
- Genetec138
- Leonardo/ELSAG2
- Neology1
- Other vendors66
- Unknown33
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 559 | 4.03 |
| Dearborn | 91 | 3.75 |
| Flint | 64 | 1.91 |
| Southfield | 63 | 2.40 |
| Romulus | 62 | 1.74 |
| Taylor | 60 | 2.54 |
| Kalamazoo | 55 | 2.23 |
| Wyoming | 55 | 2.22 |
| East Lansing | 52 | 3.87 |
| Livonia | 49 | 1.37 |
| Pontiac | 48 | 2.41 |
| Farmington Hills | 43 | 1.29 |
| Grand Rapids | 42 | 0.94 |
| Saginaw | 41 | 2.36 |
| Lansing | 37 | 0.94 |
| Warren | 34 | 0.99 |
| Auburn Hills | 33 | 1.98 |
| Troy | 32 | 0.96 |
| Kentwood | 32 | 1.53 |
| Portage | 31 | 0.96 |
| Norton Shores | 31 | 1.33 |
| Sterling Heights | 27 | 0.74 |
| Lincoln Park | 27 | 4.63 |
| Dearborn Heights | 27 | 2.30 |
| Muskegon | 27 | 1.91 |
| Garden City | 25 | 4.26 |
| Jackson | 25 | 2.32 |
| River Rouge | 24 | 9.00 |
| Battle Creek | 22 | 0.52 |
| Rochester Hills | 21 | 0.64 |
| Madison Heights | 20 | 2.82 |
| Highland Park | 20 | 6.73 |
| Wyandotte | 19 | 3.59 |
| Roseville | 18 | 1.83 |
| Holland | 18 | 1.06 |
| Monroe | 18 | 1.99 |
| Eastpointe | 17 | 3.30 |
| Albion | 16 | 3.63 |
| Grandville | 15 | 2.07 |
| Burton | 15 | 0.64 |
| Ecorse | 15 | 5.29 |
| Hamtramck | 15 | 7.18 |
| Novi | 14 | 0.46 |
| Port Huron | 14 | 1.73 |
| Oak Park | 14 | 2.72 |
| Melvindale | 14 | 5.13 |
| Waldron | 13 | 13.00 |
| Berrien Springs | 13 | 14.16 |
| Adrian | 12 | 1.50 |
| Westland | 12 | 0.59 |
| Allen Park | 12 | 1.72 |
| Flushing | 12 | 3.32 |
| Fenton | 12 | 1.80 |
| New Baltimore | 11 | 2.39 |
| Royal Oak | 11 | 0.93 |
| Harper Woods | 11 | 4.18 |
| St. Clair Shores | 11 | 0.94 |
| Muskegon Heights | 11 | 3.45 |
| Grand Haven | 11 | 1.92 |
| Lewiston | 11 | 3.88 |
| Wixom | 10 | 1.09 |
| Comstock Park | 10 | 2.58 |
| Walker | 10 | 0.41 |
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
- Who operates Michigan’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
Michigan ranks 11th of 52 by documented cameras. Indiana (3,754) ranks just above, and Tennessee (3,648) just below.