Flock & ALPR Cameras in Waltham, Massachusetts
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Waltham — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 22 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Waltham
The readers mapped around Waltham break down as 5 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Waltham Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- First Avenue — 2 readers
- Second Avenue — 2 readers
- Main Street — 1 reader
- Weston Street — 1 reader
- Fourth Avenue — 1 reader
Waltham MA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Waltham MA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 104 other agencies.
Connected agencies include: Abington MA PD, Acushnet MA PD, Agawam MA PD, Attleboro MA PD, Ayer MA PD, Barnstable MA PD, Bellingham MA PD, Beverly MA PD.
Waltham 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.
Operators named on the record: Waltham Police Department (1).
Camera activity around Waltham, last 30 days
7 removed in our hourly change log for Waltham. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Waltham
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 Waltham — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Waltham (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Waltham
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Waltham, MA
- On the agenda: Waltham meeting — Flock Camera (Oct 5)
- On the agenda: Waltham meeting — Flock Camera (Sep 21)
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Waltham, MA
What you can do in Waltham
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.
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Cameras near Waltham
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).