Flock & ALPR Cameras in Frederick, Maryland
Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Frederick — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Frederick in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Frederick
The readers mapped around Frederick break down as 5 of unrecorded make, 4 Flock Safety, 2 Unkwn. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Market Street — 2 readers
- Clarke Place — 2 readers
- Motter Avenue — 2 readers
- West Patrick Street — 2 readers
- Butterfly Lane — 2 readers
- Mews Lane — 1 reader
- West 9th Street — 1 reader
- East Patrick Street — 1 reader
Frederick in the Frederick County picture
Frederick County has 58 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,356 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 280,341 residents and 2,356 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 25.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic, 1 parking.
Camera activity around Frederick, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 13 removed in our hourly change log for Frederick. Latest change logged Sep 10, 2026.
What’s watching Frederick
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 Frederick — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Frederick (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Frederick
- 6 license plate readers reported removed near Frederick, MD
- 5 license plate readers reported removed near Frederick, MD
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Frederick, MD
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Frederick, MD
What you can do in Frederick
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.
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Cameras near Frederick
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).