Flock & ALPR Cameras in Gainesville, Florida
Volunteers have reported 161 automated license plate readers in and around Gainesville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 18 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 18 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Sep 10 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 42 new license plate readers just reported around Gainesville, FL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Gainesville
📷 28 new license plate readers just reported around Gainesville, FL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Gainesville
Where the cameras are in Gainesville
The readers mapped around Gainesville break down as 51 Flock Safety, 51 Axis Communications, 16 AXIS. Named operators in the reports: UoF, University of Fla., University of Florida, ACSO, Gainesville Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- West University Avenue — 9 readers
- Southwest Archer Road — 8 readers
- Clark Butler Boulevard — 7 readers
- Southwest 34th Street — 6 readers
- Northwest 39th Avenue — 6 readers
- Southwest 75th Street — 5 readers
- Northwest 13th Street — 5 readers
- Southwest 8th Avenue — 4 readers
- Southwest 40th Boulevard — 4 readers
- Plaza Boulevard — 4 readers
- Hull Road — 4 readers
- Southeast 43rd Street — 4 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Gainesville — all on the live map above.
Gainesville FL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Gainesville FL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 31 other agencies.
Gainesville in the Alachua County picture
Alachua County has 164 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #394 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.4% nationally. That’s across 281,751 residents and 3,611 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 110 traffic. Operators named on the record: UoF (10), University of Fla. (6), University of Florida (2).
Camera activity around Gainesville, last 30 days
67 newly reported, 78 removed in our hourly change log for Gainesville. Latest change logged Sep 10, 2026.
What’s watching Gainesville
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 Gainesville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Gainesville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Gainesville
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Gainesville, FL
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Gainesville, FL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Gainesville, FL
- 32 license plate readers reported removed near Gainesville, FL
What you can do in Gainesville
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 Gainesville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).