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Delaware has 522 mapped plate readers. 412 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Dover has the most (38), then Wilmington (26) and Newark (23). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Jan 9, 2025. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in Delaware by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Delaware each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 24 | 2 in Dover and 2 in Edgemoor |
| Sep 2026 | 37 | 10 in Newark and 2 in Bethany Beach |
| Aug 2026 | 22 | 2 in Dover and 2 in Newark |
| Jul 2026 | 23 | 3 in Rehoboth Beach and 2 in Smyrna |
| Jun 2026 | 19 | 2 in Rehoboth Beach and 1 in Middletown |
| May 2026 | 31 | 5 in New Castle and 3 in Harrington |
| Apr 2026 | 16 | 3 in Middletown and 2 in Clayton |
| Mar 2026 | 85 | 10 in Wilmington and 8 in Dover |
| Feb 2026 | 17 | 6 in Wilmington and 3 in Millsboro |
| Jan 2026 | 13 | 8 in Milford and 1 in Laurel |
| Dec 2025 | 13 | 5 in Glasgow and 3 in Newark |
| Nov 2025 | 29 | 3 in Delmar and 3 in Ocean View |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Delaware
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 6 agencies in Delaware that use plate readers.
- Dover Police Department 19
- Private operators, not named 12
- Harrington Police Department 8
- New Castle County PD 6
- Delaware State Police 5
- Georgetown Police Department 3
- New Castle County Police Department 3
- Seaford Police Department 3
- Deleware State Police 2
Plate reader law in Delaware
| Topic | Delaware |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Delaware Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del. C. § 10001 et seq. |
| Checked |
See Delaware plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Delaware: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Delaware?
412 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Delaware, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in Delaware have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Dover (38), Wilmington (26) and Newark (23). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. None of the 412 carries a date from a check on the ground yet.
Delaware's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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522 cameras listed or mapped in Delaware 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, 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
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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