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Iowa City, by camera type.
Iowa City: 33 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Cedar Rapids 79, Dubuque 36, Marshalltown 52 and Altoona 61.
Speed cameras in Iowa City
None listed in Iowa City. Nearest city program in Iowa: Cedar Rapids, about 13 mi from the city line (running, as of Aug 2026).
Red light cameras in Iowa City
None listed in Iowa City. Nearest city program in Iowa: Cedar Rapids, about 13 mi from the city line (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Iowa City
33 plate readers are on the map in Iowa City, and 32 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 19 of 33 say who runs them. University of Iowa Police Department is tagged on 19.
First-mapped dates here run from Feb 11, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026. 19 of the 33 were first mapped in 2025.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists University of Iowa Police Department and University of Iowa Parking and Transportation as agencies that use plate readers.
Traffic cameras in Iowa City
From Iowa Department of Transportation.
Camera tickets in Iowa City
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Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Iowa Department of Transportation: Camera locations: Iowa Department of Transportation (CC BY 4.0). Read November 7, 2026.
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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