Flock & ALPR Cameras in Waxhaw, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 35 automated license plate readers in and around Waxhaw — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Waxhaw in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Waxhaw
The readers mapped around Waxhaw break down as 32 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Old Waxhaw Monroe Rd — 2 readers
- Kensington Drive — 2 readers
- Ridge Haven Road — 2 readers
- Five Forks Road — 2 readers
- Lawson Drive — 2 readers
- Brough Hall Drive — 2 readers
- Lightwood Road — 2 readers
- Waxhaw Parkway — 2 readers
- Rustic Oak Boulevard — 1 reader
- Alma Boulevard — 1 reader
- Lancaster Highway — 1 reader
- Waxhaw — 1 reader
+ 12 more streets and roads mapped around Waxhaw — all on the live map above.
Waxhaw NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Waxhaw NC PD runs 7 cameras of its own, has logged 101 plate-database searches, has captured 156,547 vehicle records. Its network connects to 1,537 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Abbeville SC PD, Aberdeen NC PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adrian MI PD, Ahoskie NC PD.
Waxhaw in the Union County picture
Union County has 148 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #370 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 17.3% nationally. That’s across 244,975 residents and 2,078 road miles. By road density that is 0.07 cameras per road mile, in the top 8.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 31 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (2).
Camera activity around Waxhaw, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Waxhaw. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Waxhaw
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 Waxhaw — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Waxhaw (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Waxhaw
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 Waxhaw
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).