Flock & ALPR Cameras in Youngstown, Ohio
Volunteers have reported 30 automated license plate readers in and around Youngstown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Youngstown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Youngstown
The readers mapped around Youngstown break down as 30 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Youngstown Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Mahoning Avenue — 3 readers
- Market Street — 3 readers
- Glenwood Avenue — 2 readers
- West Indianola Avenue — 2 readers
- South Schenley Avenue — 2 readers
- South Avenue — 2 readers
- Logan Avenue — 2 readers
- McGuffey Road — 2 readers
- East Indianola Avenue — 1 reader
- North Maryland Avenue — 1 reader
- High Street — 1 reader
- Youngstown — 1 reader
+ 8 more streets and roads mapped around Youngstown — all on the live map above.
Youngstown OH PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Youngstown OH PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 81 other agencies.
Youngstown in the Mahoning County picture
Mahoning County has 93 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #709 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 227,063 residents and 1,487 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 9.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 30 traffic. Operators named on the record: Youngstown Police Department (27).
Camera activity around Youngstown, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Youngstown. Latest change logged Aug 21, 2026.
What’s watching Youngstown
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 Youngstown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Youngstown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Youngstown
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 Youngstown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).