Flock & ALPR Cameras in Urbana, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Urbana — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Urbana in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Urbana
The readers mapped around Urbana break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Scioto Street — 2 readers
- Norwood Avenue — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Lewis B. Moore Drive — 1 reader
- Miami Street — 1 reader
- SR 54 — 1 reader
- US Route 68 — 1 reader
Urbana OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Urbana OH PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 146 other agencies.
Urbana in the Champaign County picture
Champaign County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,357 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 38,772 residents and 1,215 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 54% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Urbana
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 Urbana — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Urbana (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Urbana
- On the agenda: Urbana 09-29-2026 Council Work Session Minutes — Flock Camera (Sep 29)
- On the agenda: Urbana 09-15-2026 Council Minutes — Flock Camera (Sep 15)
What you can do in Urbana
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 Urbana
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).