Flock & ALPR Cameras in Swampscott, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Swampscott — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 2 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Swampscott, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Swampscott itself.
The rest sit in Lynn (2).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Lynn Police (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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No new reports near Swampscott in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:00 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Swampscott
The readers mapped around Swampscott break down as 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lynn Police. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Lynn Shore Drive — 1 reader
- Eastern Avenue — 1 reader
Swampscott in the Essex County picture
Essex County has 92 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,699 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 807,258 residents and 3,168 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lynn Police (1).
Camera activity around Swampscott, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Swampscott. Latest change logged Aug 15, 2026.
What’s watching Swampscott
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 Swampscott — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Swampscott (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Swampscott
- Records Show Swampscott Police Lack Flock-Specific Policy Amid Misuse Investigation
- Swampscott Officer on Paid Leave as Department Investigates Flock System Use
- Swampscott cop put on leave following Flock investigation
- Swampscott Select Board feels Clearview gave them a clear view of Hadley Hotel
What you can do in Swampscott
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 Swampscott
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).