Find Flock and other license plate cameras in Massachusetts
986 of 1,205 mapped cameras are recorded as made by Flock Safety, 82 as other makers and 137 with no maker recorded. Of the mapped cameras in Massachusetts, 58% stand inside an incorporated city, town or village; the others are in unincorporated communities or outside any place. From one mapped camera in Massachusetts to the nearest other, the median gap is 0.2 miles. For every 10,000 residents there are 1.7 mapped cameras, on the 2020 Census count of 7,029,917 residents. Mapped cameras turn up in 102 places across Massachusetts, and 30 of those places have the 10 mapped cameras at which this site measures a place.
Data as of , updated weekly. The figures for Massachusetts last changed on .
Where in Massachusetts the cameras are mapped
- 1 to 9 cameras
- 10 to 49 cameras
- 50 to 199 cameras
- 200 to 999 cameras
Each square is a quarter of a degree on a side, 17 miles from top to bottom, and is shaded by the number of mapped cameras inside it. A square is drawn for Massachusetts when the nearest place with a mapped camera is in Massachusetts, so the squares along the state line are approximate, and one that straddles the line counts the cameras on both sides.
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Places in Massachusetts with a page
So far, 3 places in Massachusetts have their own page. The list runs from the shortest typical distance to the longest: the distance from a typical point inside the place to the nearest mapped camera. The share is the part of the area inside the place’s boundary that lies within half a mile of one.
| Place | Typical distance | Area within half a mile | Mapped cameras |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 0.3 miles | 77% | 42 |
| Quincy | 0.4 miles | 64% | 56 |
| Springfield | 0.6 miles | 41% | 53 |
Measured places without a page
At least 10 cameras are mapped in each of the 27 places below, enough for them to be measured the same way, but none has a page of its own. Pages are added in stages, starting where a mapped camera is typically closest. When a place gets a page of its own is set out with the list of states.
Each line gives the typical distance to the nearest mapped camera, the share of the area inside the boundary that lies within half a mile of one, and the mapped cameras inside it. The order is the same: shortest typical distance first.
- Chelseatypically 0.2 miles · 92% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Chelsea
- Reveretypically 0.3 miles · 88% of its area within half a mile · 16 camerasMap of Revere
- Maldentypically 0.3 miles · 84% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Malden
- Lawrencetypically 0.3 miles · 76% of its area within half a mile · 21 camerasMap of Lawrence
- Lynntypically 0.4 miles · 70% of its area within half a mile · 23 camerasMap of Lynn
- Norwoodtypically 0.4 miles · 59% of its area within half a mile · 16 camerasMap of Norwood
- Saugustypically 0.4 miles · 60% of its area within half a mile · 17 camerasMap of Saugus
- Weymouth Towntypically 0.4 miles · 58% of its area within half a mile · 33 camerasMap of Weymouth Town
- Methuentypically 0.5 miles · 53% of its area within half a mile · 43 camerasMap of Methuen
- Milfordtypically 0.5 miles · 51% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Milford
- Braintree Towntypically 0.5 miles · 46% of its area within half a mile · 24 camerasMap of Braintree Town
- Miltontypically 0.5 miles · 43% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Milton
- Woburntypically 0.6 miles · 42% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Woburn
- Randolph Towntypically 0.6 miles · 36% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Randolph Town
- Somervilletypically 0.7 miles · 33% of its area within half a mile · 13 camerasMap of Somerville
- Chicopeetypically 0.7 miles · 31% of its area within half a mile · 23 camerasMap of Chicopee
- Bostontypically 0.7 miles · 32% of its area within half a mile · 45 camerasMap of Boston
- North Attleborough Towntypically 0.8 miles · 24% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of North Attleborough Town
- Medfordtypically 0.8 miles · 25% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Medford
- Haverhilltypically 0.9 miles · 26% of its area within half a mile · 20 camerasMap of Haverhill
- Worcestertypically 0.9 miles · 25% of its area within half a mile · 23 camerasMap of Worcester
- Bridgewater Towntypically 1.1 miles · 17% of its area within half a mile · 11 camerasMap of Bridgewater Town
- Brocktontypically 1.1 miles · 14% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Brockton
- Tauntontypically 1.3 miles · 16% of its area within half a mile · 18 camerasMap of Taunton
- Holyoketypically 1.3 miles · 15% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Holyoke
- Westfieldtypically 1.3 miles · 14% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Westfield
- Fall Rivertypically 1.6 miles · 21% of its area within half a mile · 27 camerasMap of Fall River
Smaller places with mapped cameras
Places in Massachusetts with fewer than 10 mapped cameras are not measured, because a few pins say little about a whole place. These are the largest of them.
- Burlington9 mapped camerasMap of Burlington
- Mansfield Center9 mapped camerasMap of Mansfield Center
- Barnstable Town8 mapped camerasMap of Barnstable Town
- Dedham8 mapped camerasMap of Dedham
- Everett8 mapped camerasMap of Everett
- Smith Mills8 mapped camerasMap of Smith Mills
- West Springfield Town8 mapped camerasMap of West Springfield Town
- Abington7 mapped camerasMap of Abington
- Marlborough7 mapped camerasMap of Marlborough
- New Bedford7 mapped camerasMap of New Bedford
- Peabody7 mapped camerasMap of Peabody
- Waltham7 mapped camerasMap of Waltham
- Bellingham6 mapped camerasMap of Bellingham
- Winthrop Town6 mapped camerasMap of Winthrop Town
- Agawam Town5 mapped camerasMap of Agawam Town
- Attleboro5 mapped camerasMap of Attleboro
- Ayer5 mapped camerasMap of Ayer
- Beverly5 mapped camerasMap of Beverly
- Danvers5 mapped camerasMap of Danvers
- Framingham5 mapped camerasMap of Framingham
- Leominster5 mapped camerasMap of Leominster
- North Pembroke5 mapped camerasMap of North Pembroke
- Salem5 mapped camerasMap of Salem
- Wakefield5 mapped camerasMap of Wakefield
- Hull4 mapped camerasMap of Hull
- Melrose4 mapped camerasMap of Melrose
- Reading4 mapped camerasMap of Reading
- Somerset4 mapped camerasMap of Somerset
- East Douglas3 mapped camerasMap of East Douglas
- Longmeadow3 mapped camerasMap of Longmeadow
Another 42 places in Massachusetts have a mapped camera and are not listed here.
Who is recorded as running them
In Massachusetts, 662 of 1,205 mapped cameras carry an operator tag, which is 55% of the cameras here.
- Public agency566 cameras
- Private91 cameras
- Camera company0 cameras
- Other5 cameras
- Not recorded543 cameras
The kinds are read from the operator names mappers typed. A name is counted as private only when it plainly belongs to a business, an association or another private owner; a name the rules cannot place is counted as other; and where no operator is recorded the camera is not assumed to be anybody’s. The method page sets out how a name is sorted into a kind.
How these figures are worked out
Every camera here is a pin a volunteer added to OpenStreetMap, so each count is a floor. A place is its U.S. Census Bureau boundary, and a camera belongs to it when its pin falls inside. For each measured place, a grid of sample points is laid inside the boundary, and the typical distance is the median straight-line distance from those points to the nearest mapped camera of any make.