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Wilmington has 31 mapped plate readers. 26 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Nov 22, 2025 and Sep 14, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Wilmington: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 19806 has the most (14), then 19801 (7) and 19802 (5).
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19801 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | May 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19802 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 19802 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | May 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19802 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19802 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19802 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west, southwest and north (as mapped) | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 22, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northeast (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Mar 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southwest (as mapped) | May 17, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 4, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 19806 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north and east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 27, 2026 |
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Who runs the Flock cameras in Wilmington
None of these say who runs them yet.
What the Flock cameras in Wilmington keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Not listed yet.
- 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.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Wilmington
EyesOnFlock lists no transparency portal for the Wilmington Police Department (Oct 14, 2026). It posts no sharing list, so who can search reads from its cameras is not stated.
Wilmington Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 0
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Wilmington were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from November 22, 2025 to September 14, 2026. 24 of the 26 were first mapped in 2026, with 10 in March alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Plate readers near Wilmington
Flock cameras in Wilmington, DE: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Wilmington?
26 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Wilmington, DE, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Wilmington?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 19806 has the most (14).
Who runs the plate readers in Wilmington?
None of these plate readers say who runs them yet. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Delaware law.
Which agencies around Wilmington use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Wilmington Department of Finance as an agency that uses plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
All 26 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each one as a cone.
Know when cameras in Wilmington 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 Wilmington, DE, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- 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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