Flock & ALPR cameras in Fort Worth, TX
1,647 mapped ALPR cameras around metro Fort Worth as of 3 September 2026, run by 70 operators — 93% of them with a recorded facing direction. See each one on the live map below — which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account. BanditKin is the private app that routes around them.
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What makes Fort Worth different
Fort Worth shares a border — and a good deal of its camera network — with Dallas. Arlington, Grand Prairie, Irving and Grapevine appear on both maps, because the Metroplex is one continuous built-up area rather than two separate metros. If you drive between the two, treat the Dallas page as the other half of the same picture.
Fort Worth Police Department runs 321 of the 1,647 mapped cameras, about 19%, with Arlington's 146 the next largest. The vendor mix is also distinctive: 56 cameras are tagged Axis Communications, one of the largest Axis presences we find anywhere, where most metros record only a handful.
Fort Worth is one of five Texas metros with a dedicated camera page. See the Texas ALPR camera overview for city-by-city counts across the state.
Fort Worth ALPR cameras by the numbers
Four numbers that describe the Fort Worth network, taken from the map above on the same day.
1,647
Mapped ALPR cameras in metro Fort Worth
70
Separate operating agencies on the map
1,532
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
1,456
Cameras tagged Flock Safety
Read from the live map on 3 September 2026. The underlying records are OpenStreetMap entries plus community submissions — nobody who operates a camera is obliged to declare it, so these are the documented minimum rather than the full picture. The metro is a box roughly 50 miles across centred on Fort Worth.
How Fort Worth compares
Top of the table on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
Fort Worth ranks 20th of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, between Detroit, MI and Warren, MI, and 24th by operator count.
On composition it ranks 162nd on how much of the metro its largest operator holds (19%) and 88th on the share of cameras with a recorded bearing (93%) — a spread-out network with strong direction data.
Mapped ALPR cameras
1,647 — 20th of 251
Separate operators on the map
70 — 24th of 251
Cameras per operator
23.5 — 58th of 251
Largest operator's share
19% — 162nd of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
93% — 88th of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 3 September 2026. Metro areas are drawn as a box around the city centre, so neighbouring metros can share cameras and these counts must never be added together.
Which departments run the cameras around Fort Worth
The mapped cameras around Fort Worth trace back to 70 separate operators. Fort Worth Police Department accounts for the largest single share.
Fort Worth Police Department
321 cameras
Arlington Police Department
146 cameras
Grand Prairie Police Department
83 cameras
Grapevine Police Department
61 cameras
Euless Police Department
51 cameras
Irving Police Department
45 cameras
Midlothian Police Department
31 cameras
Mansfield Police Department
31 cameras
Bedford Police Department
30 cameras
Colleyville Police Department
27 cameras
Roanoke Police Department
26 cameras
North Richland Hills Police Department
24 cameras
Saginaw Police Department
23 cameras
Burleson Police Department
22 cameras
Lewisville Police Department
22 cameras
Northlake Police Department
21 cameras
Bartonville Police Department
20 cameras
Southlake Police Department
19 cameras
Watauga Police Department
18 cameras
Westlake Police Department
18 cameras
These are the 20 largest of 70 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (1,214 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 331 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around Fort Worth it is mostly accurate — 93% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Axis Communications accounts for 56.
Flock Safety
1,456 cameras
Axis Communications
56 cameras
Motorola Solutions
36 cameras
Genetec
4 cameras
Axon Enterprise
2 cameras
Leonardo
2 cameras
Reconyx
2 cameras
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. 89 of 1,647 mapped cameras name no manufacturer at all, which makes the actual distribution broader than shown. These count cameras on the map, not purchase orders.
Where they sit, and which way they face
1,532 of the 1,647 mapped cameras around Fort Worth record which way they point, which is what makes routing around them possible.
They are easy to miss and hard to unsee — a small rectangular box on a narrow pole near a junction, generally with a solar panel and a stubby barrel lens. Where the data records how a camera around Fort Worth is mounted, the split is:
On a dedicated pole
437 cameras
On a street lamp
27 cameras
On a post
5 cameras
On a wall
4 cameras
On a sign
2 cameras
On a trailer
1 camera
On a building
1 camera
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around Fort Worth the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing north
236 cameras
Facing east
214 cameras
Facing south
206 cameras
Facing west
205 cameras
Facing southeast
178 cameras
Facing southwest
171 cameras
Facing northeast
165 cameras
Facing northwest
157 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 114 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing, and 1 is tagged as omnidirectional.
Documented ALPR programs around Fort Worth
Records-based sources document 28 agencies running plate readers around Fort Worth. Some of the largest are below; the map above shows where the cameras actually are.
Fort Worth Police Department
The Fort Worth Police Department has purchased automated license plate readers from Vigilant Solutions and Axon. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions, Axon.
University of Texas at Arlington Parking and Transportation Services
The University of Texas at Arlington Parking and Transportation Services uses automated license plate readers for parking enforcement.
Blue Mound Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Blue Mound Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Grapevine Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Grapevine Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
Richland Hills Police Department
The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority gave the Richland Hills Police Department a grant to purchase automated license plate readers in 2022.
White Settlement Police Department
The White Settlement Police Department uses Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Seeing the cameras is free. Avoiding them is the app.
Every camera on this map reads plates from one direction — the cone shows its approximate capture zone. BanditKin's private navigation uses those cones to route around cameras when you ask it to, with a strength slider you control. When a camera-free route doesn't exist, it says so honestly and falls back to the normal route.
This page is part of the Texas camera hub, which counts every camera inside the state line rather than by metro box. New to this? Read what ALPR cameras capture, how long it is kept, and who can search it. Not in Fort Worth? Search the full map by any city.
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How many Flock cameras does Fort Worth have?
Public map data records 1,647 ALPR cameras around metro Fort Worth as of 3 September 2026, run by 70 separate operators. 1,456 are tagged Flock Safety. That count is a floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear on the map as people map them, and 89 carry no manufacturer tag at all.
Where are Flock cameras in Fort Worth?
The live map above shows 1,647 mapped ALPR cameras around metro Fort Worth, each with an approximate viewing cone. Positions come from OpenStreetMap and community reports, so coverage may be incomplete — if you know a camera that isn't shown, you can report it directly on the map.
Who operates the ALPR cameras around Fort Worth?
70 operators in total, led by Fort Worth Police Department (321) and Arlington Police Department (146). Of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 1,187 are police, 27 are sheriff's offices and 8 are privately run.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Fort Worth?
Avoidance runs off recorded bearings, and Fort Worth has 1,532 of 1,647 mapped cameras with one. BanditKin's navigation can route around them: it is opt-in, field-of-view-aware, and has a strength slider you control. Where no camera-free route exists it says so plainly and falls back to the normal route. This is a privacy preference — choosing not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network on public roads — and it works from public camera-location data.
Is this map free? Do I need an account?
The map is free and needs no account or sign-in. The data is public — OpenStreetMap, the EFF Atlas of Surveillance and community reports. The app is what adds camera-aware routing, and early users keep it free.