Flock & ALPR Cameras in Newton, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Newton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Newton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:34 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Newton
The readers mapped around Newton break down as 7 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- NC 16 — 2 readers
- East D Street — 2 readers
- East 20th Street — 1 reader
- NC 10 — 1 reader
- Southwest Boulevard — 1 reader
Newton NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Newton NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 61 other agencies.
Newton in the Catawba County picture
Catawba County has 51 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #980 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 162,051 residents and 1,994 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 24.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Newton
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 Newton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Newton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Newton
What you can do in Newton
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 Newton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).