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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Albemarle, North Carolina

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Albemarle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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2
Reported cameras nearby
#287
of 375 North Carolina cities tracked
0.1%
of North Carolina’s reported cameras
Live camera map 2 reported cameras around Albemarle, North Carolina
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Albemarle

No new reports near Albemarle in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 02:15 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Albemarle

The readers mapped around Albemarle break down as 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2026; the most recent in Jun 2026.

  • NC 24;NC 27;NC 73 — 2 readers

Albemarle in the Stanly County picture

Stanly County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,306 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 63,557 residents and 1,291 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 41.5% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.

What’s watching Albemarle

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 Albemarle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Albemarle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Albemarle

What you can do in Albemarle

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.

Cameras near Albemarle

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).