Flock & ALPR Cameras in West Haven, Connecticut
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around West Haven — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 13 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of West Haven, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 11 of them sit inside West Haven itself.
The rest sit in New Haven (2).
3 of them name an operator in the record: New Haven Police Department (2), West Haven Police Department (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 20 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 20 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 20 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 20 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in West Haven
The readers mapped around West Haven break down as 2 Rekor, 2 Axis Communications, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: New Haven Police Department, West Haven Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Campbell Avenue — 2 readers
- Kimberly Avenue — 1 reader
- Ella T. Grasso Boulevard — 1 reader
- Oak Street — 1 reader
- Captain Thomas Boulevard — 1 reader
- West Campus Drive — 1 reader
West Haven in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region picture
South Central Connecticut Planning Region has 183 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #958 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 566,803 residents and 2,123 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic. Operators named on the record: New Haven Police Department (2), West Haven Police Department (1).
Camera activity around West Haven, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for West Haven. Latest change logged Aug 17, 2026.
What’s watching West Haven
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond West Haven — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to West Haven (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around West Haven
- 6 new license plate readers reported around West Haven, CT
- 2 new license plate readers reported around West Haven, CT
What you can do in West Haven
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near West Haven
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).