Flock & ALPR Cameras in Durham, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 35 automated license plate readers in and around Durham — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 26 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 12 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Durham
The readers mapped around Durham break down as 31 Flock Safety, 1 Axis Communications. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Stratford Lakes Drive — 3 readers
- Tower Boulevard — 3 readers
- North Pointe Drive — 3 readers
- Fayetteville Road — 2 readers
- Copper Leaf Parkway — 2 readers
- Golden Belt Parkway — 2 readers
- William Penn Plaza — 2 readers
- Christian Avenue — 2 readers
- I 85;US 70 — 2 readers
- Exchange Place — 1 reader
- North Bend Lane — 1 reader
- Meridian Parkway — 1 reader
+ 8 more streets and roads mapped around Durham — all on the live map above.
Durham NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Durham NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 1 other agencies.
Durham in the Durham County picture
Durham County has 63 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,418 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 329,405 residents and 1,502 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 20 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (3), Lowe's (3).
What’s watching Durham
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 Durham — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Durham (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Durham
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Durham, NC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Durham, NC
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Durham, NC
What you can do in Durham
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 Durham
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).