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116,710 plate readers tagged Flock Safety.

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116,710 plate readers are tagged Flock Safety on the map in 50 states and DC, as of November 7, 2026. A point is not proof it is there today.

A Flock camera reads plates, not speed. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.

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First mapped, month by month

Flock cameras mapped over time

Of the 116,710 Flock-tagged plate readers on the map on November 7, 2026, about 41 were first mapped by the end of 2022. Mapping picked up in November 2024 (2,579 that month) and was busiest in August 2026 (11,686). California has the most, 17,265. Georgia has the most per person, 83.7 per 100,000 people.

116,710

Flock-tagged plate readers on the mapNov 7, 2026

+568 first mapped Nov 1 to 7

Early months are approximate.

  1. 1Nov 2024: 2,579 first mapped in one month, up from about 27 a month in the year before.
  2. 2Nov 2025: 9,312 first mapped, a new monthly high.
  3. 3Aug 2026: 11,686 first mapped, the most in one month so far; the total passes 100,000.

By state

1 California 17,265
2 Texas 16,026
3 Georgia 9,464
4 Florida 7,187
5 Ohio 6,315
6 Illinois 5,889
7 Indiana 3,446
8 North Carolina 3,442
9 Tennessee 3,218
10 Virginia 3,078

Top 10 states by Flock-tagged plate readers, month by month. Bars scale to the leader; tap a state to follow it.

Show the numbers as a table
United States, month by month, newest first, on the map by the end of each month. * estimated
Month Flock-tagged First mapped that month Per 100,000 people All plate readers First mapped that month
Nov 7, 2026 116,710 568 34.1 145,670 –
Oct 2026 116,142 2,967 34.0 145,670 * 3,208 *
Sep 2026 113,175 4,802 33.1 141,952 * 7,368 *
Aug 2026 108,373 11,686 31.7 136,137 * 15,726 *
Jul 2026 96,687 11,341 28.3 122,016 * 13,716 *
Jun 2026 85,346 7,337 25.0 109,905 10,640
May 2026 78,009 5,752 22.8 100,459 8,283
Apr 2026 72,257 5,501 21.1 92,957 7,623
Mar 2026 66,756 5,773 19.5 85,952 7,465
Feb 2026 60,983 5,802 17.8 78,936 7,234
Jan 2026 55,181 6,967 16.1 72,345 9,582
Dec 2025 48,214 8,737 14.1 63,583 11,483
Nov 2025 39,477 9,312 11.6 52,739 13,183
Oct 2025 30,165 4,500 8.8 40,703 6,566
Sep 2025 25,665 4,280 7.5 34,443 5,662
Aug 2025 21,385 3,029 6.3 28,951 3,989
Jul 2025 18,356 1,868 5.4 25,062 2,376
Jun 2025 16,488 2,095 4.8 22,740 2,686
May 2025 14,393 1,839 4.2 20,105 2,584
Apr 2025 12,554 2,458 3.7 17,572 3,395
Mar 2025 10,096 1,586 3.0 14,296 2,476
Feb 2025 8,510 1,502 2.5 11,874 1,868
Jan 2025 7,008 1,977 2.1 10,033 2,474
Dec 2024 5,031 1,885 1.5 7,607 2,715
Nov 2024 3,146 2,579 0.9 4,926 3,296
Oct 2024 567 59 0.2 1,755 142
Sep 2024 508 37 0.1 1,613 72
Aug 2024 471 4 0.1 1,541 47
Jul 2024 467 26 0.1 1,495 43
Jun 2024 441 40 0.1 1,452 46
May 2024 401 38 0.1 1,406 66
Apr 2024 363 24 0.1 1,344 48
Mar 2024 339 13 0.10 1,299 63
Feb 2024 326 32 0.10 1,238 51
Jan 2024 294 10 0.09 1,189 45
Dec 2023 284 11 0.08 1,144 79
Nov 2023 273 31 0.08 1,065 36
Oct 2023 242 54 0.07 1,029 122
Sep 2023 188 34 0.06 907 53
Aug 2023 154 39 0.05 854 111
Jul 2023 115 35 0.03 743 64
Jun 2023 80 2 0.02 679 115
May 2023 78 13 0.02 564 53
Apr 2023 65 19 0.02 511 142
Mar 2023 46 5 0.01 424 36
Feb 2023 41 0 0.01 388 0
Jan 2023 41 0 0.01 388 21
Dec 2022 41 13 0.01 367 –
Nov 2022 28 0 0.01 – –
Oct 2022 28 0 0.01 – –
Sep 2022 28 0 0.01 – –
Aug 2022 28 0 0.01 – –
Jul 2022 28 1 0.01 – –
Jun 2022 27 3 0.01 – –
May 2022 24 3 0.01 – –
Apr 2022 21 7 0.01 – –
Mar 2022 14 6 0.00 – –
Feb 2022 8 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2022 8 1 0.00 – –
Dec 2021 7 0 0.00 – –
Nov 2021 7 0 0.00 – –
Oct 2021 7 0 0.00 – –
Sep 2021 7 2 0.00 – –
Aug 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Jul 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Jun 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
May 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Apr 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Mar 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Feb 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2021 5 0 0.00 – –
Dec 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Nov 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Oct 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Sep 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Aug 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Jul 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Jun 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
May 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Apr 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Mar 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Feb 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2020 5 0 0.00 – –
Dec 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Nov 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Oct 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Sep 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Aug 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Jul 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Jun 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
May 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Apr 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Mar 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Feb 2019 5 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2019 5 3 0.00 – –
Dec 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Nov 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Oct 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Sep 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Aug 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Jul 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Jun 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
May 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Apr 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Mar 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Feb 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2018 2 0 0.00 – –
Dec 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Nov 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Oct 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Sep 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Aug 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Jul 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Jun 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
May 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Apr 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Mar 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Feb 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Jan 2017 2 0 0.00 – –
Flock-tagged plate readers by state, at the end of each month shown and on Nov 7, 2026 (before 2023 approximate)
State Jan 2017Jan 2023Jan 2024Jan 2025Jan 2026Nov 7, 2026 Per 100,000 people
California 0591,6638,46017,265 43.9
Texas 1125496,92816,026 50.5
Georgia 010104564,0939,464 83.7
Florida 1133153,1797,187 30.6
Ohio 021594073,3226,315 53.1
Illinois 001525563,1695,889 46.3
Indiana 0001461,7923,446 49.4
North Carolina 000711,3833,442 30.7
Tennessee 0001231,2943,218 44.0
Virginia 0223881,7393,078 34.7
Michigan 01355912,2493,016 29.8
Alabama 0001891,3132,577 49.6
Missouri 002661,1792,565 40.9
Colorado 0001771,4302,338 38.9
Arizona 000501,2432,181 28.6
Washington 000421,1542,160 27.0
New York 000208642,153 10.8
South Carolina 000237591,975 35.5
Wisconsin 0003631,1491,834 30.7
Kentucky 0002388651,828 39.7
Louisiana 0001278441,807 39.1
Minnesota 000266581,480 25.4
Pennsylvania 00043331,409 10.8
Kansas 000606021,323 44.4
Oklahoma 00201645731,244 30.2
New Jersey 000144711,233 12.9
Mississippi 000102241,004 34.0
Arkansas 00013308988 31.7
Massachusetts 00020424972 13.6
Iowa 00016496816 25.2
Utah 0009349814 23.0
Nevada 0001308759 23.1
Maryland 0003281740 11.8
New Mexico 0003324709 33.4
Connecticut 00018327659 17.9
Nebraska 0005156418 20.7
Delaware 0007136412 38.9
Oregon 00034172357 8.4
Idaho 0000147350 17.2
Rhode Island 00030147291 26.1
South Dakota 000447253 27.1
West Virginia 000248192 10.9
North Dakota 000069124 15.5
Washington, DC 00005092 13.3
Montana 00002272 6.3
Wyoming 00054967 11.4
Hawaii 00002264 4.5
Maine 00002346 3.3
Alaska 0000025 3.4
Vermont 0000718 2.8
New Hampshire 0000015 1.1
Bar chart of Flock-tagged plate readers first mapped in the US each month: 115,575 from Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, as of Nov 7, 2026.
Plate readers tagged Flock Safety in the US, by the month they were first mapped: 115,575 from Nov 2024 to Oct 2026. As of Nov 7, 2026. Chart: CamsAhead.com · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

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How the months are counted

First mapped is the day a reader was added to the map, not the day it went up. Flock-tagged: each point counts the Flock-tagged plate readers on the map on Nov 7, 2026 that were first mapped by the end of that month. Flock-tagged means Flock Safety is entered as the maker or brand. 0% of them were edited after they were added, so OpenStreetMap kept no first date. Their month comes from their OpenStreetMap ID, because IDs are handed out in time order. Before 2023 the line is approximate: a point added back then may have been tagged as a Flock reader later. The 1 drawn as outlines have no date, so they count from the first month. All plate readers: the count on the 1st of each month from the full OpenStreetMap history, from January 2023. It includes readers removed since. The counts from the end of July 2026 on are estimated until that history catches up. The last point is the Nov 7, 2026 snapshot. The two lines count in different ways. At the end of December 2022, the Flock line shows 41 and all plate readers show 367. Between months, the chart draws a smooth curve through the monthly counts. There are no weekly numbers. Per 100,000 people uses the Census Bureau's 2025 population estimates.

Flock cameras by state

Bar chart of the 10 states with the most Flock-tagged plate readers, led by California with 17,265, as of Nov 7, 2026.
The 10 states with the most plate readers tagged Flock Safety. California leads with 17,265. As of Nov 7, 2026. Chart: CamsAhead.com · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Map of 116,710 Flock-tagged plate readers mapped in the US by OpenStreetMap volunteers, as of Nov 7, 2026.
OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 116,710 plate readers tagged Flock Safety in the US. As of Nov 7, 2026. Map: CamsAhead.com · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
# State Flock-tagged Since Jan 2023 All plate readers
1 California of 21,701 plate readers 17,265 5 at the end of January 2023 21,701
2 Texas of 17,539 plate readers 16,026 1 at the end of January 2023 17,539
3 Georgia of 10,360 plate readers 9,464 10 at the end of January 2023 10,360
4 Florida of 9,580 plate readers 7,187 1 at the end of January 2023 9,580
5 Ohio of 6,988 plate readers 6,315 21 at the end of January 2023 6,988
6 Illinois of 7,674 plate readers 5,889 0 at the end of January 2023 7,674
7 Indiana of 3,850 plate readers 3,446 0 at the end of January 2023 3,850
8 North Carolina of 3,976 plate readers 3,442 0 at the end of January 2023 3,976
9 Tennessee of 3,712 plate readers 3,218 0 at the end of January 2023 3,712
10 Virginia of 3,408 plate readers 3,078 2 at the end of January 2023 3,408

Cities with the most Flock-tagged plate readers

Houston, TX 2,282 Dallas, TX 930 San Jose, CA 602 Indianapolis, IN 581 Atlanta, GA 548 Oakland, CA 530 San Francisco, CA 471 Memphis, TN 468 Fort Worth, TX 402 Los Angeles, CA 380 Wichita, KS 368 San Antonio, TX 330 Louisville, KY 330 Detroit, MI 303 Columbus, OH 301 Aurora, CO 268 Austin, TX 265 Oklahoma City, OK 259 Charlotte, NC 253 Tulsa, OK 239 Norfolk, VA 222 Moreno Valley, CA 222 Birmingham, AL 218 Nashville, TN 217 Santa Rosa, CA 213 Johnson City, TN 212 Jacksonville, FL 208 Cleveland, OH 197 Laredo, TX 196 Lexington-Fayette, KY 194 Toledo, OH 193 Sandy Springs, GA 190 Virginia Beach, VA 189 Temple, TX 183 Rockford, IL 178 El Paso, TX 174 Sugar Land, TX 173 Irvine, CA 172 Bakersfield, CA 170 Baton Rouge, LA 167

Who runs Flock-tagged plate readers

Some Flock-tagged plate readers name an operator. Most don't say who runs them. The list shows the tagged ones only.

Private operators, not named 3,513
San Francisco Police Department 427
California Highway Patrol (CHP) 400
Detroit Police Department 229
Norfolk Police Department 157
Irvine Police Department 122
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 106
Hampton Police Division 100
Tulsa Police Department 97
Newport News Police Department 96
Toledo Police Department 93
Salinas Police Department 87

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What Flock cameras keep

Records
The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
Run by
Most don't say. Tagged ones include private operators (3,513).
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.

Flock cameras: questions

What is a Flock camera?

A Flock camera is a license plate reader made by Flock Safety, and it reads plates, not speed. Flock Safety’s FAQ says: “The customer sets its own data retention period, based on its own policy and applicable law.” It adds: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.” What a Flock camera looks likePhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Where are Flock cameras located?

116,710 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in 50 states and DC. The map shows each one, and each state page lists its own.

How many Flock cameras are there?

116,710 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map, as of November 7, 2026. Flock has said it runs more than 120,000 cameras nationwide. The Intercept reported on September 24, 2026, that a December 2025 snapshot of Flock’s own records showed more than 170,000. This map shows only the mapped ones.

Does a dot on the map mean a camera is there today?

Not always. A dot shows where a volunteer mapped a camera. Each point shows the date it was first mapped and, when tagged, the date someone last checked it on the ground.

Can the public see Flock camera footage or a live feed?

Not on CamsAhead. It shows where Flock cameras are mapped, never what they record. Whoever runs each camera decides who can search its records, within state law.

Is there a public Flock camera database?

Yes for locations, not for what the cameras record. The mapped locations come from OpenStreetMap, and CamsAhead sends a free copy of its plate reader data on request, under the ODbL. It holds points and tags, never plates.

Is there a Flock camera tracker or locator?

Yes, the map on this page is one. It shows 116,710 plate readers tagged Flock Safety. Search a place or tap Near me to see the closest ones. Drive (Beta) chimes near mapped plate readers in Los Angeles County: Flock camera app.

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The data is built from OpenStreetMap and uses the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. CamsAhead sends a free copy to anyone who asks (how it is made and how to ask). When you share it, credit "© OpenStreetMap contributors" and keep the license.

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Sources and updates

Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).

Cite this page: “Flock Cameras: Map of 116,710 Locations in DC and 50 States”, CamsAhead.com, https://camsahead.com/flock-cameras/, updated November 7, 2026.

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