Cameras / Wisconsin / Wauwatosa
License plate readers in Wauwatosa, WI
Volunteers have documented 49 automated license plate readers inside Wauwatosa. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 50 Wisconsin cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. At 3.7 per square mile it is more densely covered than 84% of the 2,231 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.
Updated August 14, 2026.
49
readers documented
3.7
per square mile
2nd
of 50 indexed Wisconsin cities
2.3%
of Wisconsin’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 Safety46 · 94%
- Genetec3 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 43 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Mayfair Mall / Brookfield Properties Ret (14), Lowe's (4), ThedaCare-Froedtert Health (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (23)
- Coverage area
- 13.2 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work
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