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Austin, by camera type.
Austin: 293 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Pflugerville 25, Bee Cave 25, Cedar Park 37 and Round Rock 97.
Speed cameras in Austin
Texas cities may not run speed cameras: state law has barred them since 2007 (Transportation Code §542.2035).
Red light cameras in Austin
State law bans red light cameras in Texas, with the exceptions the law lists. Nearest city program in Texas: Leon Valley, about 59 mi from the city line (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Austin
293 plate readers are on the map in Austin, and 265 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Texas Department of Public Safety is tagged on 4.
First-mapped dates here run from Feb 9, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. 193 of the 293 were first mapped in 2026, with 70 in February alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Texas Department of Public Safety as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Austin
The Austin Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal does not say how long it keeps reads.
Austin Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Plate readers its portal lists
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 0
Its transparency portal, as of 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.
Traffic cameras in Austin
From City of Austin, Austin Transportation & Public Works.
Camera tickets in Austin
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- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
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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, 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
- City of Austin, Austin Transportation & Public Works: Camera locations: City of Austin (Austin Transportation & Public Works). 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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