Cameras / RI
License plate readers in Rhode Island
325 cameras have been documented in Rhode Island. That is the 40th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.2% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Providence has the most of any city in the state, with 90 — 28% of the total. Flock Safety built 92% of the 210 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 210 of them stand in the 6 cities listed below. 115 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 27, 2026.
325
cameras documented statewide
40th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
210
in listed cities
115
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety194
- Other vendors5
- Unknown11
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Providence | 90 | 4.89 |
| Cranston | 30 | 1.06 |
| Pawtucket | 27 | 3.12 |
| Warwick | 22 | 0.63 |
| East Providence | 21 | 1.58 |
| Woonsocket | 20 | 2.58 |
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 Rhode Island’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 →
Rhode Island ranks 40th of 52 by documented cameras. Idaho (485) ranks just above, and Puerto Rico (280) just below.