Flock & ALPR Cameras in Niles, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Niles — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Niles in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:19 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Niles
The readers mapped around Niles break down as 7 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Dragon Drive — 1 reader
- East State Street Southeast — 1 reader
- Vienna Avenue — 1 reader
- East Federal Street — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- North Road — 1 reader
- East Margaret Avenue Southeast — 1 reader
- Niles — 1 reader
Niles OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Niles OH PD has logged 108 plate-database searches, has captured 230,102 vehicle records. Its network connects to 2,052 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: 18th Judicial District Drug Task Force - TN PD, Abbeville SC PD, Abington Township PA PD, Acworth GA PD, Ada County ID SO, Adairville KY PD, Adams County IL SO, Adams County IN SO.
Niles in the Trumbull County picture
Trumbull County has 68 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #916 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 201,367 residents and 2,005 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 18.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
What’s watching Niles
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 Niles — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Niles (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Niles
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 Niles
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).