Flock & ALPR Cameras in Anoka, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 29 automated license plate readers in and around Anoka — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 30 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Anoka, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 8 of them sit inside Anoka itself.
The rest sit in Coon Rapids (20), Ramsey (2).
4 of them name an operator in the record: The Home Depot (4). 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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- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Anoka
The readers mapped around Anoka break down as 34 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- River Rapids Drive — 4 readers
- Northdale Boulevard — 3 readers
- Riverdale Boulevard Northwest — 3 readers
- Main Street Northwest — 3 readers
- Round Lake Boulevard Northwest — 2 readers
- Central Anoka County Regional Trail — 2 readers
- 124th Avenue Northwest — 2 readers
- East River Road — 2 readers
- Coon Creek Boulevard Northwest — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- Polk Street — 1 reader
- Jackson Street — 1 reader
+ 11 more streets and roads mapped around Anoka — all on the live map above.
Anoka MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Anoka MN PD runs 7 cameras of its own, has logged 15 plate-database searches, has captured 280,358 vehicle records. Its network connects to 85 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Aitkin County MN SO, Alexandria MN PD, Anoka County MN SO, Becker County MN SO, Belle Plaine MN PD, Blaine MN PD, Brooklyn Park MN PD, Champlin MN PD.
Anoka in the Anoka County picture
Anoka County has 137 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #810 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 367,095 residents and 2,400 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 29 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (4).
Camera activity around Anoka, last 30 days
6 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Anoka. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Anoka
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 Anoka — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Anoka (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Anoka
- 6 license plate readers reported removed near Anoka, MN
- 5 new license plate readers reported around Anoka, MN
- Anoka County Doubles Down On Flock Cameras As Other Minnesota Cities Pull The Plug
- On the agenda: Anoka meeting — automated license plate (Jul 20)
What you can do in Anoka
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 Anoka
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).