Flock & ALPR Cameras in New Bern, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around New Bern — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near New Bern in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in New Bern
The readers mapped around New Bern break down as 1 Axis Communications, 1 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US 17;US 70 — 1 reader
- Washington Post Road — 1 reader
New Bern in the Craven County picture
Craven County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,857 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 101,074 residents and 1,973 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 65.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic.
Camera activity around New Bern, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for New Bern. Latest change logged Aug 24, 2026.
What’s watching New Bern
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 New Bern — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to New Bern (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around New Bern
- New Bern city officials pushing back against rumors regarding automated surveillance cameras
- New Bern says it has no Flock cameras
- New Bern says city does not own or access Flock license plate cameras
- New Bern police detain 17-year-old with stolen handgun after ShotSpotter alert
What you can do in New Bern
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 New Bern
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).