Cameras / WI
License plate readers in Wisconsin
2,121 cameras have been documented in Wisconsin. That is the 21st-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.5% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Milwaukee has the most of any city in the state, with 144 — 6.8% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,055 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 85%. 1,055 of them stand in the 45 cities listed below. 1,066 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
2,121
cameras documented statewide
21st
most-documented of 52 states and territories
1,055
in listed cities
1,066
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety902
- Motorola Solutions21
- Genetec26
- Leonardo/ELSAG23
- Neology2
- Other vendors33
- Unknown48
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 144 | 1.50 |
| Wauwatosa | 53 | 4.01 |
| Green Bay | 50 | 1.10 |
| Racine | 49 | 3.17 |
| Kenosha | 48 | 1.62 |
| West Allis | 37 | 3.25 |
| Manitowoc | 35 | 1.95 |
| Greenfield | 33 | 2.86 |
| Appleton | 31 | 1.22 |
| Waukesha | 30 | 1.18 |
| Menomonee Falls | 29 | 0.88 |
| Lake Geneva | 25 | 3.58 |
| Hudson | 24 | 3.52 |
| Lake Delton | 23 | 3.01 |
| Oak Creek | 23 | 0.81 |
| Wausau | 21 | 1.09 |
| Mount Pleasant | 20 | 0.59 |
| Madison | 20 | 0.24 |
| Pleasant Prairie | 18 | 0.54 |
| Franklin | 18 | 0.52 |
| La Crosse | 18 | 0.83 |
| Fond du Lac | 17 | 0.88 |
| Germantown | 17 | 0.49 |
| Mequon | 15 | 0.32 |
| Ashwaubenon | 15 | 1.21 |
| Somers | 14 | 0.54 |
| New Berlin | 14 | 0.38 |
| Beaver Dam | 14 | 1.59 |
| Plover | 14 | 1.31 |
| Rice Lake | 14 | 1.56 |
| Grafton | 13 | 2.44 |
| Brookfield | 13 | 0.48 |
| West Bend | 13 | 0.83 |
| Delavan | 13 | 1.75 |
| Whitewater | 13 | 1.47 |
| Stevens Point | 12 | 0.69 |
| Neenah | 12 | 1.24 |
| Clintonville | 12 | 2.70 |
| Wisconsin Dells | 11 | 1.40 |
| Sun Prairie | 10 | 0.76 |
| Bellevue | 10 | 0.69 |
| De Pere | 10 | 0.84 |
| River Falls | 10 | 1.34 |
| Cottage Grove | 10 | 2.13 |
| Caledonia | 10 | 0.22 |
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.
Contract decisions in Wisconsin
2 decisions here are in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.
Explore this data further
- Who operates Wisconsin’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 →
Wisconsin ranks 21st of 52 by documented cameras. South Carolina (2,128) ranks just above, and Louisiana (2,116) just below.