Flock & ALPR Cameras in Tufts University, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Tufts University — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 20 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Tufts University, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Tufts University itself.
The rest sit in Medford (12), Somerville (8).
19 of them name an operator in the record: Tufts University (19). 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 Tufts University in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Tufts University
The readers mapped around Tufts University break down as 25 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Tufts University. Every report here dates to Nov 2022.
- Lower Campus Road — 6 readers
- Boston Avenue — 3 readers
- College Avenue — 3 readers
- Winthrop Street — 2 readers
- Curtis Street — 2 readers
- Latin Way — 2 readers
- University Avenue — 2 readers
- Colby Street — 2 readers
- Packard Avenue — 1 reader
- Woodbine Road — 1 reader
- North Hill Road — 1 reader
Tufts University 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 25 area. Operators named on the record: Tufts University (23).
Camera activity around Tufts University, last 30 days
3 removed in our hourly change log for Tufts University. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Tufts University
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 Tufts University — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Tufts University (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Tufts University
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Tufts University, MA
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Tufts University, MA
What you can do in Tufts University
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 Tufts University
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).