Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Ann Arbor — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 10 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Ann Arbor, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 3 of them sit inside Ann Arbor itself.
The rest sit in Ann Arbor Charter Township (4), Pittsfield Charter Township (3).
6 of them name an operator in the record: Barton Hills Village (4), Concordia University Ann Arbor (2). 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 Ann Arbor in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:30 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ann Arbor
The readers mapped around Ann Arbor break down as 8 of unrecorded make, 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Barton Hills Village, Concordia University Ann Arbor. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- West Ellsworth Road — 4 readers
- Barton North Drive — 2 readers
- Barton Shore Drive — 2 readers
- Green Road — 2 readers
Ann Arbor in the Washtenaw County picture
Washtenaw County has 46 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,643 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 368,394 residents and 1,863 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 25% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Barton Hills Village (4), Concordia University Ann Arbor (2).
Camera activity around Ann Arbor, last 30 days
2 removed in our hourly change log for Ann Arbor. Latest change logged Aug 22, 2026.
What’s watching Ann Arbor
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 Ann Arbor — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ann Arbor (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Ann Arbor
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Ann Arbor, MI
- Ann Arbor Moves to Restrict Police Use of Facial Recognition
- Facial-recognition technology poses threat to civil liberties, Ann Arbor declares
- Should police use facial-recognition technology? Ann Arbor to vote on issue
What you can do in Ann Arbor
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 Ann Arbor
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).