Flock & ALPR Cameras in Athens, Georgia
Volunteers have reported 73 automated license plate readers in and around Athens — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 22 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Athens
The readers mapped around Athens break down as 83 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South Lumpkin Street — 9 readers
- East Campus Road — 4 readers
- Georgia Avenue — 4 readers
- Talmadge Drive — 4 readers
- King Avenue — 4 readers
- Baxter Street — 3 readers
- Spring Valley Road — 2 readers
- North Oconee Access Road — 2 readers
- Tanglebrook Drive — 2 readers
- Jefferson River Road — 2 readers
- Westchester Drive — 2 readers
- South Thomas Street — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Athens — all on the live map above.
Athens in the Clarke County picture
Clarke County has 95 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #229 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.7% nationally. That’s across 129,267 residents and 590 road miles. By road density that is 0.16 cameras per road mile, in the top 2.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 42 traffic.
Camera activity around Athens, last 30 days
5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Athens. Latest change logged Aug 22, 2026.
What’s watching Athens
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 Athens — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Athens (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Athens
- Georgia Today: Gas tax suspended; People awaiting trial will be moved; Athens Flock cameras concerns
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Athens, GA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Athens, GA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Athens, GA
What you can do in Athens
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 Athens
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).