License plate readers in Lorain, OH
Volunteers have documented 43 automated license plate readers inside Lorain. That is the 17th-largest total among the 153 Ohio cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.8 per square mile places Lorain near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including The Home Depot. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 19, 2026.
43
readers documented
1.8
per square mile
17th
of 153 indexed Ohio cities · 537th of 2,395 nationally
0.6%
of Ohio’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 40 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16)
- Coverage area
- 23.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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