Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gilroy, California
Volunteers have reported 60 automated license plate readers in and around Gilroy — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 10 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Gilroy
The readers mapped around Gilroy break down as 56 Flock Safety, 2 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: Gilroy Police Department, Simon Property Group, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Leavesley Road — 8 readers
- Camino Arroyo — 6 readers
- San Ysidro Avenue — 5 readers
- Pacheco Pass Highway — 4 readers
- Santa Teresa Boulevard — 4 readers
- Monterey Street — 4 readers
- Renz Lane — 3 readers
- Arroyo Circle — 3 readers
- East 10th Street — 3 readers
- Monterey Road — 3 readers
- 1st Street — 2 readers
- Hecker Pass Highway — 2 readers
+ 9 more streets and roads mapped around Gilroy — all on the live map above.
Gilroy CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Gilroy CA PD runs 58 cameras of its own, has logged 371 plate-database searches, has captured 642,241 vehicle records. Its network connects to 349 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.
Gilroy in the Santa Clara County picture
Santa Clara County has 1,096 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #406 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 19% nationally. That’s across 1,903,297 residents and 5,143 road miles. By road density that is 0.21 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 49 traffic. Operators named on the record: Gilroy Police Department (6), Simon Property Group (3), The Home Depot (2).
Camera activity around Gilroy, last 30 days
5 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Gilroy. Latest change logged Sep 10, 2026.
What’s watching Gilroy
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 Gilroy — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gilroy (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Gilroy
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Gilroy, CA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Gilroy, CA
What you can do in Gilroy
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 Gilroy
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).