Flock & ALPR Cameras in University, Florida
Volunteers have reported 40 automated license plate readers in and around University — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 40 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of University, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 17 of them sit inside University itself.
The rest sit in Tampa (20), Lake Magdalene (3).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near University in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in University
The readers mapped around University break down as 35 Flock Safety, 5 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in Feb 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Fletcher Avenue — 8 readers
- East Fowler Avenue — 4 readers
- Bruce B Downs Boulevard — 3 readers
- USF Banyan Circle — 3 readers
- USF Laurel Drive — 2 readers
- North 42nd Street — 2 readers
- University Square Drive — 2 readers
- University Square Mall — 2 readers
- East Bearss Avenue — 2 readers
- Spectrum Boulevard — 1 reader
- USF Pine Drive — 1 reader
- USF Genshaft Drive — 1 reader
+ 9 more streets and roads mapped around University — all on the live map above.
University in the Hillsborough County picture
Hillsborough County has 341 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,266 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,489,634 residents and 4,831 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic.
What’s watching University
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 University — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to University (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around University
- Students Protest to Remove Flock Surveillance Cameras From University of Florida Campus
- Here's what's going on with Flock cameras at Florida State University
- News | University of Florida
- License plate readers installed near University of Florida campus
What you can do in University
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 University
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).