Cameras / Wisconsin / Wauwatosa
License plate readers in Wauwatosa, WI
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Wauwatosa. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 45 Wisconsin cities indexed here, and 2.5% of the statewide total. At 4.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 83% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 20, 2026.
53
readers documented
4.0
per square mile
2nd
of 45 indexed Wisconsin cities · 402nd of 2,395 nationally
2.5%
of Wisconsin’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
- 47 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Mayfair Mall / Brookfield Properties Retail Inc. (14), Lowe's (4), ThedaCare-Froedtert Health (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (24)
- Coverage area
- 13.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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