Flock & ALPR Cameras in Topeka, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 136 automated license plate readers in and around Topeka — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 138 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Topeka, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 125 of them sit inside Topeka itself.
The rest sit in Kanwaka Township (2), Menoken (1).
2 of them name an operator in the record: The Home Depot (2). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
10 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 13 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 13 Leonardo camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Topeka
The readers mapped around Topeka break down as 105 Leonardo, 22 Flock Safety, 3 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Southwest Topeka Boulevard — 12 readers
- Southwest 21st Street — 11 readers
- Southwest Wanamaker Road — 8 readers
- Southwest Gage Boulevard — 8 readers
- Southwest 10th Avenue — 7 readers
- Southwest 6th Avenue — 7 readers
- Southwest Huntoon Street — 5 readers
- Southwest 17th Street — 5 readers
- Southwest Harrison Street — 4 readers
- Southeast Adams Street — 4 readers
- Southeast California Avenue — 4 readers
- Southwest Fairlawn Road — 4 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Topeka — all on the live map above.
Topeka in the Shawnee County picture
Shawnee County has 135 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #213 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 9.9% nationally. That’s across 178,315 residents and 1,482 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 114 traffic, 5 parking, 1 entrance. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (2).
Camera activity around Topeka, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Topeka. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Topeka
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 Topeka — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Topeka (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Topeka
- On the agenda: Topeka Governing Body - Oct 06, 2026 — Public Safety Camera (Sep 24)
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Topeka, KS
- Kansas police are increasing surveillance. Do residents want it?
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Topeka, KS
What you can do in Topeka
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 Topeka
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).