Flock & ALPR Cameras in Malden, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Malden — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 9 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Malden, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 8 of them sit inside Malden itself.
The rest sit in Medford (1).
5 of them name an operator in the record: Malden Police (5). 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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No new reports near Malden in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Malden
The readers mapped around Malden break down as 9 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Malden Police. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Broadway — 2 readers
- Medford Street — 1 reader
- Eastern Avenue — 1 reader
- Pleasant Street — 1 reader
- Ferry Street — 1 reader
- Middlesex Avenue — 1 reader
- Salem Street — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
Malden MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Malden MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 14 other agencies.
Malden in the Middlesex County picture
Middlesex County has 233 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,582 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,622,896 residents and 5,632 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 9 traffic. Operators named on the record: Malden Police (5).
What’s watching Malden
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 Malden — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Malden (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Malden
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Malden, MA
- On the agenda: Malden meeting — Flock Camera (Feb 18)
What you can do in Malden
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 Malden
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).