Flock & ALPR Cameras in Albion, New York
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Albion — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 6 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Albion, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Albion itself.
The rest sit in Village of Albion (3), Town of Albion (1), Town of Elba (1), Town of Gaines (1).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Town of Amherst (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 24, 2026 On the agenda: Albion Agenda — Flock Camera (Sep 24)
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No new reports near Albion in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Nov 3, 12:18 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Albion
The readers mapped around Albion break down as 5 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Town of Amherst. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Avenue — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- Quaker Hill Road — 1 reader
- Northwood Drive — 1 reader
- East Avenue — 1 reader
Albion in the Orleans County picture
Orleans County has 10 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,177 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 39,686 residents and 731 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 36.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic. Operators named on the record: Town of Amherst (1).
Camera activity around Albion, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Albion. Latest change logged Aug 18, 2026.
What’s watching Albion
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 Albion — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Albion (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Albion
What you can do in Albion
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 Albion
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).