Flock & ALPR Cameras in Atherton, California
Volunteers have reported 27 automated license plate readers in and around Atherton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 27 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Atherton, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 24 of them sit inside Atherton itself.
The rest sit in Menlo Park (2), North Fair Oaks (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 21 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Atherton
The readers mapped around Atherton break down as 23 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- El Camino Real — 5 readers
- Alejandra Avenue — 3 readers
- Lloyden Park Lane — 2 readers
- Holbook Palmer Park Road — 2 readers
- Watkins Avenue — 1 reader
- Stockbridge Avenue — 1 reader
- Isabella Avenue — 1 reader
- Tuscaloosa Avenue — 1 reader
- Atherton Avenue — 1 reader
- Winchester Drive — 1 reader
- Almendral Avenue — 1 reader
- Encinal Avenue — 1 reader
+ 6 more streets and roads mapped around Atherton — all on the live map above.
Atherton CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Atherton CA PD runs 53 cameras of its own, has logged 48 plate-database searches, has captured 350,217 vehicle records. Its network connects to 323 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Alameda CA PD, Alameda County CA SO, Albany CA PD, Alhambra CA PD, Amador County CA Sheriff's Office, Anaheim CA PD, Anderson CA PD, Angels Camp CA PD.
Atherton in the San Mateo County picture
San Mateo County has 628 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #164 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.6% nationally. That’s across 745,100 residents and 1,847 road miles. By road density that is 0.34 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic.
Camera activity around Atherton, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Atherton. Latest change logged Aug 20, 2026.
What’s watching Atherton
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Atherton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Atherton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Atherton
- Atherton Police say automated license plate cameras helped nab person suspected of stealing a car
- Atherton : More license plate readers OKd , town accepts grant to explore all - electric buildings
- Atherton police to hold meeting on recent burglaries , license plate readers
What you can do in Atherton
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Atherton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).