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Flock Cameras in North Carolina: Map, Locations & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 3,913 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside North Carolina's borders (3,382 tagged Flock Safety), run by 306 operators. The densest cluster is Charlotte, at 1,050 mapped cameras. See every camera on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account.
The 3,913 cameras mapped in North Carolina belong to 306 operators, with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department at the top on 161. That makes the state widely spread by ALPR standards. Because these are counted inside the border rather than by metro box, the number is directly comparable with other states on this site. 1,157 of the 3,913 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 3,695 to 3,913 (+218).
Open the live camera mapWhich North Carolina cities have Flock cameras?
How the 3,913 in-state cameras cluster: counts around each major NC city as of 13 October 2026.
1,050 cameras
614 cameras
Durham
506 cameras
Winston-Salem
224 cameras
Greensboro
171 cameras
Asheville
167 cameras
Wilmington
104 cameras
Charlotte, Raleigh have full pages with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. These are bounding-box reads around each city, useful for comparing metros but not for adding together — boxes overlap and spill across state lines. The headline figure is counted inside the border and is the honest state total.
The largest ALPR operators in North Carolina
The eight biggest operators in North Carolina, by mapped cameras.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
161 cameras
Raleigh Police Department
127 cameras
Lowe's
109 cameras
Iredell County Sheriff's Office
67 cameras
Durham Police Department
50 cameras
Mooresville Police Department
48 cameras
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
47 cameras
Asheville Police Department
45 cameras
The top of the North Carolina table is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department at 161. What matters for anyone reading the map is how long the tail is — 306 operators in total, so most cameras belong to agencies that individually run only a handful. Private businesses appear too: of the cameras with a recorded operator type, 97 are privately operated.
Where the map has no operator tag, the operator is inferred from the surrounding jurisdiction; that applies to 2,529 of 3,913 cameras in North Carolina. Treat names as likely, not certain.
It isn't all Flock in North Carolina
Which companies built the readers, and how many can be avoided by direction.
Flock Safety
3,382 cameras
Axis Communications
176 cameras
Verkada
69 cameras
Motorola Solutions
47 cameras
Genetec
32 cameras
Vendor tags exist for 3,778 of North Carolina's cameras, and Flock Safety takes 90% of those — but Axis Communications runs 176, which is why the map reads 'ALPR', not just 'Flock'.
3,278 of 3,913 cameras (84%) carry a facing direction; the rest are shown as omnidirectional. Recorded mounts run pole (572), street lamp (67), post (47), trailer (6).
Documented ALPR programs in North Carolina
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance documents 130 agencies in North Carolina with automated license plate readers, from public records and news reports. The map records 306 operators — the gap between the two is the difference between a records project and a mapping project, not a contradiction.
Wayne County Sheriff's Office — Wayne County
In April 2017, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office filed a request to reallocate $10,000 for the purchase of two new automated license plate readers, one of which was a replacement for a broken camera. Vendor: ELSAG.
Randolph County Sheriff's Office — Randolph County
As of January 2019, the Randolph County Sheriff's Office has four automated license plate readers.
Concord Police Department — Cabarrus County
The Concord Police Department announced in February 2022 the installation of license plate readers around the Concord Mills Mall and the southwest area of the city. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Kernersville Police Department — Forsyth County
The Kernersville Police Department uses automated license plate readers, according to a November 2022 Winstom-Salem Journal report.
Greensboro Police Department — Guilford County
As of April 2024, the Greensboro Police Department operates 25 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Mooresville Police Department — Iredell County
As of April 2024, the Mooresville Police Department operates 48 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
North Carolina ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are in North Carolina?
As of 13 October 2026, 3,913 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside North Carolina's borders, 3,382 of them tagged Flock Safety, run by 306 operators. The largest clusters are around Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Which cities in North Carolina have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Charlotte (1,050), Raleigh (614), Durham (506), Winston-Salem (224), Greensboro (171), Asheville (167). Smaller NC towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in North Carolina?
306 operators in total. The largest is Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department with 161 mapped cameras, then Raleigh Police Department with 127. Of cameras with a recorded operator type, 1,642 are police, 877 are sheriff's offices and 97 are privately run.
Are all the plate readers in North Carolina made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 3,382 of 3,778 vendor-recorded cameras (90%); Axis Communications accounts for 176, and 126 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in North Carolina?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 3,278 North Carolina cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.