Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · © OpenMapTiles
Newport Beach has 86 mapped plate readers. 83 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Jan 4, 2025 and Oct 22, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long and who can search it.
Flock cameras in Newport Beach: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 92660 has the most (25), then 92625 (20) and 92663 (16). Mounted on, where known: 11 on street lights, 10 on poles and 7 on traffic signals.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast and south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92625 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Dec 25, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 25, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Direction not mapped | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92657 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 4, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jul 2, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 16, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Oct 25, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Dec 25, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | May 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | May 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest and south (as mapped) | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92660 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 1, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast and east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 25, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east and east-southeast (as mapped) | Feb 15, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | May 16, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast and west-southwest (as mapped) | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southwest and east-northeast (as mapped) | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92662 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jan 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Jan 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Jan 26, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Newport Beach Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast and west (as mapped) | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 92663 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Oct 22, 2026 |
Near you: nearest mapped Flock cameras.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Newport Beach
Most don't say who runs them.
- Newport Beach Police Department 35
What the Flock cameras in Newport Beach keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- 35 of 83 say who runs them, most often Newport Beach Police Department (35).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with. In California, a public agency may share only with other public agencies in the state.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. California requires one. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Newport Beach
290 agencies can search reads from the Newport Beach Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 365 days.
Newport Beach Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 290
- Other organizations on its list
- 4
- Keeps each read for
- 365 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 82
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 147
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Newport Beach
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Newport Beach were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from January 4, 2025 to October 22, 2026. 43 of the 83 were first mapped in 2025, with 27 in July alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras near Newport Beach
Flock cameras in Newport Beach: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Newport Beach?
83 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Newport Beach, CA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Newport Beach?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 92660 has the most (25).
Who runs the plate readers in Newport Beach?
Most don't say who runs them. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within California law.
Which agencies around Newport Beach use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Newport Beach Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
82 of the 83 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
Know when cameras in Newport Beach change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped so far.
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 in Newport Beach, CA, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- California Civil Code §1798.90.51: the use and privacy policy rule for plate readers
- California Civil Code §1798.90.55: the rule on who a public agency may share reads with
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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