Flock Cameras in Raleigh, NC: Locations, Map & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 275 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Raleigh (211 tagged Flock Safety), and 614 across the wider Raleigh metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, run by 29 operators. 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 Raleigh different
29 operators, a 21% lead share and 88% bearing coverage — here is what that adds up to around Raleigh.
Raleigh Police Department is the dominant operator, with 127 of the 614 mapped cameras — 21% of the metro, ahead of Durham Police Department on 48. That lead share ranks 143rd of the 251 metros BanditKin tracks, so Raleigh is a comparatively spread-out network.
Not every reader here belongs to a public body. Lowe's (11) appears among the largest operators, and 8 of the cameras carrying an operator type are recorded as private.
88% of the mapped cameras around Raleigh (539 of 614) carry a facing direction — 168th of the 251 tracked metros. Bearings are what make camera-aware routing possible, so the higher that share, the more the avoidance layer can do here.
Public records cover 6 agencies around Raleigh in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance against 29 operators on the map — the difference between a records project and a mapping project, not a contradiction.
The network is regional rather than municipal. Beyond Raleigh Police Department, the operator table runs through Durham Police Department, Cary Police Department, Knightdale Police Department, Garner Police Department and Wake Forest Police Department, with the Wake County Sheriff's Office at 31 — none of which individually dominates the metro.
Raleigh Flock and ALPR cameras by the numbers
What the public data actually shows about plate readers around Raleigh, counted from the same map above.
275
Flock & ALPR cameras within 10 miles of downtown Raleigh
614
Across the wider Raleigh metro (50-mile box)
29
Separate operating agencies on the map
539
Cameras with a recorded facing direction
Read from the live map on 13 October 2026. Since 5 October 2026 the 10-mile count moved from 247 to 275 (+28) and the metro-box count moved from 570 to 614 (+44). 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 Raleigh.
How Raleigh compares
Upper third on size among the 251 metro areas tracked, all counted the same way on the same day.
Raleigh ranks 83rd of the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks by mapped cameras, between Virginia Beach, VA and West Valley City, UT, and 93rd by operator count.
Upper third on size; 168th of 251 on bearing coverage at 88%, and 143rd on lead-operator share at 21%.
Mapped ALPR cameras
614 — 83rd of 251
Separate operators on the map
29 — 93rd of 251
Cameras per operator
21.2 — 75th of 251
Largest operator's share
21% — 143rd of 251
Share with a recorded bearing
88% — 168th of 251
Ranked against the 251 metro areas BanditKin tracks, every one read from the live map on 13 October 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 Raleigh
Who runs Raleigh's plate readers — the 20 biggest of 29 operators, by mapped cameras.
Raleigh Police Department
127 cameras
Durham Police Department
48 cameras
Cary Police Department
35 cameras
Wake County Sheriff's Office
31 cameras
Knightdale Police Department
23 cameras
Garner Police Department
22 cameras
Wake Forest Police Department
21 cameras
Holly Springs Police Department
18 cameras
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
15 cameras
Johnston County Sheriff's Office
13 cameras
Fuquay-Varina Police Department
13 cameras
Lowe's
11 cameras
Apex Police Department
10 cameras
Smithfield Police Department
8 cameras
Harnett County Sheriff's Office
7 cameras
Zebulon Police Department
7 cameras
Durham County Sheriff's Office
7 cameras
Clayton Police Department
6 cameras
Selma Police Department
5 cameras
Chatham County Sheriff's Office
5 cameras
These are the 20 largest of 29 operators. Where OpenStreetMap names an operator we use that name; otherwise the camera is attributed to whichever jurisdiction it stands in (430 cameras here), which is a sound inference rather than a confirmed fact. 157 cameras record no operator of any kind.
It isn't all Flock
'Flock' has become shorthand for any plate reader. Around Raleigh it is mostly accurate — 86% of the vendor-tagged cameras — but Axis Communications accounts for 35.
Flock Safety
506 cameras
Axis Communications
35 cameras
Motorola Solutions
23 cameras
Genetec
11 cameras
Leonardo
11 cameras
Rekor
3 cameras
Neology
1 camera
INEX Tech
1 camera
Manufacturer is a free-text field, so spellings and legal names have been consolidated here. 23 of 614 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
539 of the 614 mapped cameras around Raleigh 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 Raleigh is mounted, the split is:
On a dedicated pole
104 cameras
On a street lamp
22 cameras
On a post
2 cameras
One camera covers one approach, so its heading is what decides which journeys end up recorded. Around Raleigh the mapped bearings distribute like this:
Facing north
85 cameras
Facing south
81 cameras
Facing east
77 cameras
Facing southeast
67 cameras
Facing west
63 cameras
Facing southwest
62 cameras
Facing northwest
55 cameras
Facing northeast
49 cameras
Bearings come from public map data and describe an approximate capture zone, never an exact field of view. 74 mapped cameras have no recorded bearing, and 1 is tagged as omnidirectional.
Documented ALPR programs around Raleigh
Records-based sources document 6 agencies running plate readers around Raleigh. Some of the largest are below; the map above shows where the cameras actually are.
Raleigh Police Department
As of April 2024, the Raleigh Police Department operates 26 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Wake County Sheriff's Office
The Wake County Sheriff's Office uses automated license plate readers.
Knightdale Police Department
The Knightdale Police Department uses automated license plate readers. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Garner Police Department
The Garner Police Department installed 15 Flock Safety automated license plate readers in February 2022. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Wake Forest Police Department
The Wake Forest Police Department has more than two dozen Flock Safety cameras as of October 2023. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Fuquay-Varina Police Department
As of April 2024, the Fuquay-Varina Police Department operates 11 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.
Seeing the cameras is free. Avoiding them is the app.
The map shows where the readers are and which way they face. BanditKin's navigation turns that into a routing preference: opt-in, field-of-view-aware, with a slider for how hard to try — and an honest fallback when no clean route exists.
This page is part of the North Carolina 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 Raleigh? Search the full map by any city.
ALPR camera maps for nearby and related cities: Charlotte, NC · Richmond, VA · Virginia Beach, VA · Greenville, SC · Washington, DC · Augusta, GA.
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How many Flock cameras are in Raleigh?
As of 13 October 2026, 275 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped within 10 miles of downtown Raleigh, 211 of them tagged Flock Safety. Across the wider metro, a box roughly 50 miles across, the map records 614 cameras run by 29 separate operators. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them, and 23 carry no manufacturer tag at all.
Where are Flock cameras in Raleigh?
Open the map at the top of this page: every mapped camera around Raleigh is plotted with its capture cone where a bearing is recorded. They cluster at junctions, on arterial roads and at the entrances to shopping centres. Missing one? Report it on the map.
Who operates the ALPR cameras around Raleigh?
Raleigh Police Department is the largest mapped operator with 127 cameras, ahead of Durham Police Department's 48. Beyond them the network spreads across 27 other operators. Private operators are part of it: Lowe's (11). The EFF Atlas of Surveillance documents 6 agencies across this area.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Raleigh?
Avoidance runs off recorded bearings, and Raleigh has 539 of 614 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.