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ALPR cameras in Boston, MA

License plate reader coverage mapped in Boston, Massachusetts. Counts cover an approximate bounding box around the city core, not the full metropolitan area.Data as of November 1, 2026.

72ALPR cameras mapped
11per 100K residents

Out of 146,055 cameras tracked across the United States.Below the national average of ~44 per 100K.

Recent change

↑ 1 camera added since Oct 25 (0%)

Manufacturer spotlight
65%of mapped cameras in Boston are Flock Safety

47 of 72 cameras carry the Flock Safety manufacturer tag in OpenStreetMap.

Identified operators

Not every camera in OpenStreetMap has an operator tag. The list below covers only those that do.

1Boston Police
17
2Massachusetts Department of Transportation
11
3The Home Depot
7
4Winthrop Police
6
5Chelsea Police
6

Score a specific address in Boston

Outflock estimates surveillance exposure for any US address by modeling short trips out of that address and checking which ones cross an ALPR camera. Boston addresses are eligible.

Score an address

See the methodology for how counts are sourced and what coverage gaps to expect. For national rankings and trends, see surveillance landscape.

What counts as a city: Numbers cover cameras found within an approximate bounding box for Boston's core area. Suburbs and unincorporated areas are not included. Population figures from the 2020 US Census, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Camera data © OpenStreetMap contributors, with thanks to the DeFlock community.