Flock & ALPR Cameras in Akron, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 97 automated license plate readers in and around Akron — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 11 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Akron
The readers mapped around Akron break down as 96 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make, 1 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety, Akron Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Grant Street — 6 readers
- Vernon Odom Boulevard — 5 readers
- Copley Road — 5 readers
- West Market Street — 5 readers
- Brown Street — 4 readers
- West Thornton Street — 4 readers
- Delia Avenue — 3 readers
- Lake Shore Boulevard — 3 readers
- Spicer Street — 3 readers
- East Exchange Street — 3 readers
- East Tallmadge Avenue — 3 readers
- Storer Avenue — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Akron — all on the live map above.
Akron OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Akron OH PD runs 147 cameras of its own, has logged 1,664 plate-database searches, has captured 570,173 vehicle records. Its network connects to 64 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Akron in the Summit County picture
Summit County has 358 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #293 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13.7% nationally. That’s across 538,087 residents and 2,102 road miles. By road density that is 0.17 cameras per road mile, in the top 2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 97 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (46), Akron Police Department (4).
Camera activity around Akron, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Akron. Latest change logged Sep 11, 2026.
What’s watching Akron
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 Akron — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Akron (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Akron
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Akron, OH
- Akron police say license plate reader cameras will help 'solve crimes', ACLU of Ohio raises privacy concerns
- Police organizations support new bill to save Ohio front license plate - News - Akron Beacon Journal
What you can do in Akron
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.
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Cameras near Akron
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).