Flock & ALPR Cameras in Orinda, California
Volunteers have reported 27 automated license plate readers in and around Orinda — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 19 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Orinda
The readers mapped around Orinda break down as 24 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2024; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Moraga Way — 4 readers
- Camino Pablo — 3 readers
- Orinda Way — 3 readers
- Glorietta Boulevard — 2 readers
- Sundown Terrace — 1 reader
- Camino Sobrante — 1 reader
- Santa Maria Way — 1 reader
- Miner Road — 1 reader
- Tahos Road — 1 reader
- Woodland Road — 1 reader
- Spring Road — 1 reader
- Wanda Way — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Orinda — all on the live map above.
Orinda in the Contra Costa County picture
Contra Costa County has 436 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #803 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,161,458 residents and 4,683 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 22 traffic, 1 street.
Camera activity around Orinda, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Orinda. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Orinda
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 Orinda — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Orinda (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Orinda
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Orinda, CA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Orinda, CA
- Orinda to Talk License Plate Reader Cameras
- Orinda neighborhood paid for its own license plate reader cameras to deter crime
What you can do in Orinda
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 Orinda
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).