Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hockessin, Delaware
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Hockessin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 24 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 20 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 17 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Hockessin
The readers mapped around Hockessin break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Newport Gap Pike — 1 reader
- Withers Way — 1 reader
Hockessin in the New Castle County picture
New Castle County has 217 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #793 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 573,030 residents and 2,346 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
What’s watching Hockessin
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 Hockessin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hockessin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Hockessin
- Coons, Lee to discuss facial recognition technology at Brookings Institution - News - Hockessin Community News
- Coons, Lee bill requires court orders for law enforcement use of facial recognition technology - News - Hockessin Community News
What you can do in Hockessin
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 Hockessin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).