Flock & ALPR Cameras in Charlotte, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 104 automated license plate readers in and around Charlotte — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 28 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 11 new license plate readers just reported around Charlotte, NC. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Charlotte
Where the cameras are in Charlotte
The readers mapped around Charlotte break down as 62 Flock Safety, 11 NDI Recognition Systems, 11 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- South Park Drive — 10 readers
- Charlotte — 10 readers
- North Sharon Amity Road — 5 readers
- East 16th Street — 4 readers
- Iverson Way — 4 readers
- South Clarkson Street — 4 readers
- Scott Futrell Drive — 4 readers
- South College Street — 4 readers
- Fairview Road — 3 readers
- South Boulevard — 3 readers
- Home Depot Drive — 2 readers
- North Brevard Street — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Charlotte — all on the live map above.
Charlotte in the Mecklenburg County picture
Mecklenburg County has 285 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,176 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,130,906 residents and 3,682 road miles. By road density that is 0.08 cameras per road mile, in the top 6.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 82 traffic, 4 town, 1 street. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (2), Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Charlotte, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Charlotte. Latest change logged Sep 6, 2026.
What’s watching Charlotte
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 Charlotte — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Charlotte (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Charlotte
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Charlotte, NC
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Charlotte, NC
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Charlotte, NC
- 4 New License Plate Readers Spotted Near Charlotte, NC
What you can do in Charlotte
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 Charlotte
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).