Flock & ALPR Cameras in Yuba City, California
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Yuba City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Yuba City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 16:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Yuba City
The readers mapped around Yuba City break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Queens Avenue — 2 readers
- Bridge Street — 2 readers
- Butte House Road — 2 readers
- Park Avenue — 1 reader
- B Street — 1 reader
- Pine Way — 1 reader
Yuba City CA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Yuba City CA PD runs 15 cameras of its own, has logged 204 plate-database searches. Its network connects to 132 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Yuba City in the Sutter County picture
Sutter County has 32 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #954 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 98,971 residents and 1,546 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Yuba City
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 Yuba City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Yuba City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Yuba City
- Man being chased with missing Yuba City teen reportedly drives car off cliff with both inside. Female victim survives
- Man kidnapped Yuba City teen before fiery crash off cliff, police say
- Yuba City OKs Flock camera purchase; Plumas Street tree pruning, fire station expansion approved
- Grass Valley Police Department indefinitely suspends the use of fixed-point ALPR readers within City limits
What you can do in Yuba City
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 Yuba City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).