Cameras / MS
License plate readers in Mississippi
1,146 cameras have been documented in Mississippi. That is the 28th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.8% of the 143,189 documented nationwide. Ridgeland has the most of any city in the state, with 58 — 5.1% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 680 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 85%. 680 of them stand in the 28 cities listed below. 466 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
1,146
cameras documented statewide
28th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
680
in listed cities
466
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety577
- Motorola Solutions18
- Genetec58
- Leonardo/ELSAG4
- Other vendors9
- Unknown14
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgeland | 58 | 2.21 |
| Hattiesburg | 47 | 0.88 |
| Olive Branch | 46 | 0.82 |
| Gulfport | 40 | 0.72 |
| Biloxi | 36 | 0.84 |
| Jackson | 35 | 0.31 |
| Booneville | 33 | 1.28 |
| Southaven | 31 | 0.75 |
| Flowood | 31 | 1.08 |
| Cleveland | 29 | 3.83 |
| Tupelo | 25 | 0.39 |
| D'Iberville | 25 | 2.37 |
| Greenville | 23 | 0.85 |
| Byram | 21 | 1.03 |
| Philadelphia | 21 | 1.72 |
| Oxford | 19 | 0.71 |
| Madison | 17 | 0.67 |
| Meridian | 17 | 0.32 |
| Bay St. Louis | 16 | 1.09 |
| Starkville | 16 | 0.58 |
| Gluckstadt | 13 | 1.48 |
| Long Beach | 13 | 1.27 |
| Raymond | 12 | 4.17 |
| Horn Lake | 12 | 0.75 |
| Pascagoula | 11 | 0.72 |
| Crystal Springs | 11 | 2.03 |
| Sebastopol | 11 | 7.02 |
| Batesville | 11 | 0.55 |
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.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Mississippi’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 →
Mississippi ranks 28th of 52 by documented cameras. Massachusetts (1,207) ranks just above, and Arkansas (1,087) just below.
