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Texas has 17,539 mapped plate readers. 16,026 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Houston has the most (2,282), then Dallas (930) and Fort Worth (402). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 13, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
See who runs them · Cameras in Texas · What is a Flock camera? · Flock cameras in the US · Other Flock camera maps
Flock cameras in Texas by city
Houston 2,282 Dallas 930 Fort Worth 402 San Antonio 330 Austin 265 Laredo 196 Temple 183 El Paso 174 Sugar Land 173 Plano 151 Arlington 150 Frisco 133 Beaumont 133 Amarillo 132 Grand Prairie 131 Midland 112 Lubbock 104 Richardson 100 Pasadena 91 Round Rock 89 League City 88 Pearland 88 Irving 84 Tyler 83 Missouri City 82 College Station 82 Garland 81 McAllen 77 Conroe 76 Prosper 76 Carrollton 75 Mesquite 75 New Braunfels 71 Wichita Falls 70 Atascocita 70 Humble 69 Euless 68 Baytown 67 Killeen 67 Denton 65 Brownsville 64 Grapevine 63 Lewisville 61 Odessa 61 Galveston 59 Webster 59 The Woodlands 58 Schertz 53 Farmers Branch 52 Melissa 52 Cibolo 51 Addison 49 Rowlett 46 Midlothian 46 Stafford 46 Mansfield 45 Kyle 45 San Angelo 45 Celina 45 Edinburg 42 McKinney 41 Texas City 41 Alvin 40 Forney 40 Katy 39 Northlake 39 Cedar Hill 39 Georgetown 39 Rosenberg 38 La Marque 38 The Colony 38 Corpus Christi 37 Terrell 36 Bryan 36 Jersey Village 36 Seguin 35 Abilene 35 Orange 35 Nassau Bay 34 Mont Belvieu 34 Allen 33 Friendswood 33 Paris 32 Bellaire 31 Burleson 28 Little Elm 28 Providence Village 28 Cedar Park 27 Live Oak 27 Bastrop 26 Roanoke 26 Bedford 25 Bee Cave 25 Heath 25 North Richland Hills 25 Spring 25 Spring Valley Village 25 Granbury 24 Pflugerville 23 Saginaw 23 Anna 22 La Porte 22 Fulshear 21 Colleyville 21 Bartonville 21 White Settlement 21 Eagle Pass 20 Sherman 20 Southlake 20 Sulphur Springs 20 Anthony 20 Cleburne 20 Kingsville 20 Travis Ranch 20 San Marcos 19 Elgin 19 Harlingen 19 Leander 19 Waxahachie 19 Windcrest 19 Port Arthur 18 Hewitt 18 Lancaster 18 Weatherford 18 Westlake 17 University Park 17 Longview 17 Boerne 17 Highland Village 17 Hurst 17 Rockwall 17 Watauga 17 West Odessa 17 Coppell 16 Pharr 16 Channelview 16 Mount Vernon 16 Sansom Park 16 Haltom City 15 Belton 15 Duncanville 15 Hunters Creek Village 15 Monahans 15 Selma 15 Sunset Valley 14 Texarkana 14 Tomball 14 Robinson 14 Buda 14 Cloverleaf 14 Manvel 14 Marshall 14 Piney Point Village 14 Seabrook 14 Wolfforth 14 Royse City 13 Sealy 13 Converse 13 Keller 13 Lufkin 13 Bulverde 13 Bunker Hill Village 13 Lake Jackson 13 Prairie View 13 Shenandoah 13 Universal City 13 Victoria 13 Groves 12 Corinth 12 Nolanville 12 Henderson 12 Iowa Colony 12 Jasper 12 Livingston 12 Marble Falls 12 Montgomery 12 San Benito 12 Flower Mound 11 Alvarado 11 Hutto 11 Argyle 11 Azle 11 Castle Hills 11 Commerce 11 Corsicana 11 Crowley 11 Decatur 11 Dickinson 11 Lakeway 11 Lindale 11 Port Neches 11 Robstown 11 Snyder 11 Taylor 11 Wharton 11 Mission 10 Fair Oaks Ranch 10 Waco 10 West 10 Bay City 10 Gun Barrel City 10 Jacinto City 10 Kemah 10 Krum 10 Magnolia 10 Murphy 10 Palestine 10 Vidor 10 Weslaco 9 Aldine 9 Hedwig Village 9 Mexia 9 Borger 9 Canyon 9 El Campo 9 Fresno 9 Greenville 9 Heartland 9 Hutchins 9 Kaufman 9 Lantana 9 Liberty 9 Manor 9 Meadows Place 9 Red Oak 9 Sunnyvale 9 Venus 9 Waller 9 West Lake Hills 9 Lumberton 8 Portland 8 Balch Springs 8 Boyd 8 Bullard 8 Cinco Ranch 8 Clear Lake Shores 8 Hearne 8 Jacksboro 8 Lake Worth 8 Leon Valley 8 Pantego 8 Town of Pecos 8 Jacksonville 7 Pecan Grove 7 Rockport 7 Alamo 7 Aransas Pass 7 Mabank 7 Pampa 7 Plainview 7 Princeton 7 River Oaks 7 Sonterra 7 Trophy Club 7 Tulia 7 Wylie 6 Westworth Village 6 Deer Park 6 Donna 6 Gatesville 6 Arcola 6 Aubrey 6 Bacliff 6 Clute 6 Dalworthington Gardens 6 Fate 6 Galena Park 6 Horizon City 6 Huntsville 6 Nederland 6 Port Isabel 6 Scenic Oaks 6 Sienna 6 Stephenville 6 West Columbia 6 West Livingston 6 Terrell Hills 5 Olmos Park 5 Dripping Springs 5 Farmersville 5 Hickory Creek 5 Rio Grande City 5 Sachse 5 Arp 5 Athens 5 Buffalo 5 Crowell 5 DeSoto 5 Hilshire Village 5 Ingleside 5 Lago Vista 5 Lavon 5 Murillo 5 Mustang Ridge 5 Port Aransas 5 Seagoville 5 Kerrville 4 Del Rio 4 Edgecliff Village 4 Hitchcock 4 Lacy-Lakeview 4 Luling 4 Beeville 4 Brenham 4 Briarcliff 4 Brownfield 4 Canyon Lake 4 Crosby 4 Cumings 4 Dumas 4 El Lago 4 Ennis 4 Forest Hill 4 Groesbeck 4 Gunter 4 Highland Park 4 Highlands 4 Howe 4 Lakewood Village 4 Lamesa 4 La Vernia 4 Liberty Hill 4 Lindsay 4 Lopezville 4 Marquez 4 Mineral Wells 4 Morgan's Point Resort 4 Nacogdoches 4 Nash 4 Oak Ridge North 4 Paloma Creek 4 Paloma Creek South 4 Richland Hills 4 San Juan 4 Santa Fe 4 Sour Lake 4 Splendora 4 Timberwood Park 4 Willis 4 Wyldwood 4 Fort Bliss 3 Winnsboro 3 Blossom 3 McGregor 3 Angleton 3 Benbrook 3 Bolivar Peninsula 3 Bonney 3 Caldwell 3 Camp Swift 3 Center 3 Cresson 3 Glen Rose 3 Groom 3 Holland 3 Jarrell 3 Milano 3 Mineola 3 Normangee 3 Onalaska 3 Ovilla 3 Palmer 3 Perryton 3 Ponder 3 Powderly 3 Progreso 3 Rendon 3 Riesel 3 Salado 3 Sargent 3 Savannah 3 Seminole 3 Shamrock 3 Silsbee 3 Sinton 3 South Houston 3 Southmayd 3 Taylor Lake Village 3 Wallis 3 West Tawakoni 3 White Deer 3 Woodville 3 Mount Pleasant 2 Fort Stockton 2 Hallettsville 2 Bruceville-Eddy 2 Groveton 2 Sanderson 2 Van 2 Barrett 2 Beach City 2 Bear Creek 2 Bellmead 2 Big Spring 2 Bonham 2 Burkburnett 2 Caddo Mills 2 Central Gardens 2 Chilton 2 China Grove 2 Citrus City 2 Clarendon 2 Cove 2 Crandall 2 Dalhart 2 Dayton 2 Deweyville 2 DISH 2 East Bernard 2 East Tawakoni 2 Encino 2 Fairfield 2 Falcon Lake Estates 2 Ferris 2 Floresville 2 Gainesville 2 Hallsville 2 Harker Heights 2 Hedley 2 Helotes 2 Hempstead 2 Hereford 2 Highland Haven 2 Hondo 2 Idalou 2 Jefferson 2 Joshua 2 Kennedale 2 Kountze 2 Krugerville 2 La Homa 2 Lakeside City 2 Leona 2 Llano 2 Mercedes 2 Milam 2 Mission Bend 2 Muleshoe 2 Navasota 2 Oak Point 2 Olivarez 2 Palmview 2 Panhandle 2 Plains 2 Plantersville 2 Pleasanton 2 Redwood 2 Reno 2 Richwood 2 Riviera 2 Roman Forest 2 Sandy Point 2 Simonton 2 Slaton 2 South Padre Island 2 Steiner Ranch 2 Texhoma 2 Thrall 2 Tye 2 Uvalde 2 Valley View 2 Wills Point 2 Winnie 2 Woodbranch 2 Yantis 2 Alton 1 Burnet 1 Castroville 1 Cleveland 1 Fairview 1 Kilgore 1 McQueeney 1 Progreso Lakes 1 Richmond 1 Sherwood Shores 1 Abernathy 1 Agua Dulce 1 Alba 1 Alice 1 Alto 1 Annetta 1 Annetta South 1 Atlanta 1 Bayou Vista 1 Beauxart Gardens 1 Beckville 1 Bells 1 Bellville 1 Big Lake 1 Bivins 1 Bluff Dale 1 Booker 1 Brady 1 Broaddus 1 Brookshire 1 Brookside Village 1 Bushland 1 Cameron 1 Centerville 1 Channing 1 Chula Vista 1 Cisco 1 Claude 1 Cockrell Hill 1 Collinsville 1 Colorado City 1 Combes 1 Cool 1 Cranfills Gap 1 Creedmoor 1 Cumby 1 Cut and Shoot 1 Del Sol 1 Detroit 1 Devine 1 Diboll 1 Doffing 1 Doolittle 1 Double Oak 1 Eastland 1 Emory 1 Falfurrias 1 Fannett 1 Farwell 1 Fifth Street 1 Fort Cavazos 1 Four Corners 1 Freer 1 Fulton 1 Gardendale 1 Garfield 1 Gary City 1 Giddings 1 Golinda 1 Graham 1 Grandview 1 Grapeland 1 Guthrie 1 Hale Center 1 Hamshire 1 Hargill 1 Henrietta 1 Indian Springs 1 Inez 1 Italy 1 Jewett 1 Jonestown 1 Kirbyville 1 Laguna Park 1 Laughlin AFB 1 La Villa 1 Lefors 1 Leonard 1 Linden 1 Lingleville 1 Linn 1 Littlefield 1 Llano Grande 1 Lorenzo 1 Lost Creek 1 Lott 1 McLendon-Chisholm 1 Manchaca 1 Marlin 1 Martindale 1 Matagorda 1 Mathis 1 Moore 1 Morgan's Point 1 Niederwald 1 Noonday 1 North Alamo 1 North Pearsall 1 Oakhurst 1 Oak Trail Shores 1 Oakwood 1 Oglesby 1 Old River-Winfree 1 Olton 1 Orange Grove 1 Overton 1 Parker 1 Pattison 1 Payne Springs 1 Pettus 1 Petty 1 Pine Harbor 1 Point Comfort 1 Point Venture 1 Port Lavaca 1 Post 1 Pottsboro 1 Radar Base 1 Randolph AFB 1 Redfield 1 Redland 1 Reklaw 1 Reno 1 Rice 1 Richland 1 Riverside 1 Rockdale 1 Rogers 1 Roscoe 1 Rosebud 1 Rose City 1 Saint Jo 1 Sanctuary 1 San Felipe 1 San Leon 1 Savoy 1 Seagraves 1 Seven Oaks 1 Seven Points 1 Shady Shores 1 Shallowater 1 Skellytown 1 Skidmore 1 South Alamo 1 Southwest Sandhill 1 Stanton 1 Sterling City 1 Stockdale 1 Stowell 1 Streetman 1 Sunset 1 Tahoka 1 Tatum 1 Trenton 1 Umbarger 1 Valley Mills 1 Van Alstyne 1 Wadsworth 1 Weston 1 Woodway 1
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in Texas 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. 16,025 of the 16,026 carry the date they were first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 283 | 28 in Houston and 15 in San Antonio |
| Sep 2026 | 639 | 54 in Houston and 51 in Laredo |
| Aug 2026 | 1,443 | 128 in Houston and 74 in Dallas |
| Jul 2026 | 1,543 | 92 in Houston and 77 in Dallas |
| Jun 2026 | 1,202 | 81 in Houston and 48 in Dallas |
| May 2026 | 994 | 76 in Houston and 64 in Dallas |
| Apr 2026 | 990 | 107 in Houston and 65 in Dallas |
| Mar 2026 | 909 | 115 in Houston and 76 in Dallas |
| Feb 2026 | 1,051 | 135 in Houston and 70 in Dallas |
| Jan 2026 | 855 | 84 in Houston and 62 in Dallas |
| Dec 2025 | 1,022 | 62 in Houston and 52 in Dallas |
| Nov 2025 | 1,261 | 219 in Houston and 110 in Dallas |
Who runs the Flock cameras in Texas
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 321 agencies in Texas that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 239
- Amarillo Police Department 75
- Dallas Police Department 63
- Laredo PD 23
- Beaumont Police Department 22
- Odessa Police Department 21
- Live Oak 20
- Kyle Police Department 16
- Plano Police Department 16
- The Colony Police Department 14
Plate reader law in Texas
| Topic | Texas |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | Texas Public Information Act, Tex. Gov't Code ch. 552 |
| Checked |
See Texas plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in Texas: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Texas?
16,026 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Texas, 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 Texas have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Houston (2,282), Dallas (930) and Fort Worth (402). 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. 7 of the 16,026 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
Texas'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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18,357 cameras listed or mapped in Texas 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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