Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newark, New Jersey
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Newark — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 27 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 23 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Newark
The readers mapped around Newark break down as 4 Flock Safety, 1 Axis Communications. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Springfield Avenue — 3 readers
- Bergen Street — 1 reader
- McCarter Highway — 1 reader
Newark in the Essex County picture
Essex County has 34 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,035 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 854,130 residents and 1,089 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic.
Camera activity around Newark, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Newark. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Newark
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 Newark — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Newark (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Newark
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Newark, NJ
- 2 new license plate readers reported around East Newark, NJ
What you can do in Newark
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 Newark
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).