Flock & ALPR Cameras in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Lancaster — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 16 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Lancaster, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 2 of them sit inside Lancaster itself.
The rest sit in Manheim Township (8), East Lampeter Township (3), East Hempfield Township (2), Lancaster Township (1).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Lowe's (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 16 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Lancaster
The readers mapped around Lancaster break down as 8 Flock Safety, 4 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Pitney Road — 2 readers
- Roseville — 2 readers
- Hempstead Road — 1 reader
- Lowe's Driveway — 1 reader
- East Lampeter Township — 1 reader
- Millersville Pike — 1 reader
- Fruitville Pike — 1 reader
- Belwyck Boulevard — 1 reader
- Lincoln Plaza — 1 reader
- Stevens Avenue — 1 reader
Lancaster in the Lancaster County picture
Lancaster County has 13 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,116 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 555,151 residents and 3,613 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 68.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around Lancaster, last 30 days
6 newly reported in our hourly change log for Lancaster. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Lancaster
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 Lancaster — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Lancaster (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Lancaster
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Lancaster, PA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Lancaster, PA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Lancaster, PA
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What you can do in Lancaster
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 Lancaster
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).