License plate readers in Joplin, MO
Volunteers have documented 21 automated license plate readers inside Joplin. That is the 29th-largest total among the 62 Missouri cities indexed here, and 0.7% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 38.1 square miles — thinner coverage than 91% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units.
Updated August 14, 2026.
21
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
29th
of 62 indexed Missouri cities
0.7%
of Missouri’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 Safety19 · 90%
- Unknown2 · 10%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 12 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 38.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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