Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Chelsea — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Chelsea in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Chelsea
The readers mapped around Chelsea break down as 7 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Chelsea Police. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Broadway — 2 readers
- Everett Avenue — 2 readers
- Chelsea Street — 1 reader
- Locke Street — 1 reader
- Pearl Street — 1 reader
- Washington Avenue — 1 reader
Chelsea MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Chelsea MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 9 other agencies.
Chelsea in the Suffolk County picture
Suffolk County has 56 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,879 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 782,172 residents and 785 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic. Operators named on the record: Chelsea Police (7).
Camera activity around Chelsea, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Chelsea. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Chelsea
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 Chelsea — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Chelsea (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Chelsea
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 Chelsea
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).