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License plate readers in Springfield, MO

Volunteers have documented 70 automated license plate readers inside Springfield. That is the 6th-largest total among the 62 Missouri cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. Its 0.8 readers per square mile spread across 83.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 80% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.

Updated August 14, 2026.

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  • 70

    readers documented

  • 0.8

    per square mile

  • 6th

    of 62 indexed Missouri cities

  • 2.3%

    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

What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
41 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
How they’re mounted
pole (2), street lamp (2), traffic signal (1)
Coverage area
83.3 square miles of land inside city limits.

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