License plate readers in Ithaca, NY
Volunteers have documented 10 automated license plate readers inside Ithaca. That is the 41st-largest total among the 48 New York cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.9 per square mile places Ithaca near the middle of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
10
readers documented
1.9
per square mile
41st
of 48 indexed New York cities
0.2%
of New York’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 Safety9 · 90%
- Other vendors1 · 10%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 9 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- Coverage area
- 5.4 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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