Flock & ALPR Cameras in Palmdale, California
Volunteers have reported 49 automated license plate readers in and around Palmdale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Palmdale in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Palmdale
The readers mapped around Palmdale break down as 49 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,City Of Palmdale, The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in May 2026.
- East Palmdale Boulevard — 9 readers
- East Avenue S — 6 readers
- 47th Street East — 5 readers
- East Avenue R — 4 readers
- Sierra Highway — 4 readers
- Rancho Vista Boulevard — 2 readers
- Lockheed Way — 2 readers
- 8th Street East — 2 readers
- East Avenue Q — 2 readers
- 20th Street East — 2 readers
- 25th Street East — 2 readers
- 30th Street East — 2 readers
+ 6 more streets and roads mapped around Palmdale — all on the live map above.
Palmdale in the Los Angeles County picture
Los Angeles County has 2,677 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,106 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 9,848,406 residents and 18,753 road miles. By road density that is 0.14 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic, 5 street. Operators named on the record: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,City Of Palmdale (3), The Home Depot (2).
What’s watching Palmdale
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 Palmdale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Palmdale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Palmdale
What you can do in Palmdale
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 Palmdale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).