Flock & ALPR Cameras in New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around New Kensington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 12 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of New Kensington, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 5 of them sit inside New Kensington itself.
The rest sit in Frazer Township (4), Lower Burrell (3).
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 14 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
- Sep 14 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 10 new license plate readers just reported around New Kensington, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #NewKensington
Where the cameras are in New Kensington
The readers mapped around New Kensington break down as 1 Flock Safety, 1 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Retail Drive — 1 reader
- Pittsburgh Mills Boulevard — 1 reader
New Kensington in the Westmoreland County picture
Westmoreland County has 42 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,674 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 353,345 residents and 4,650 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 45.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
What’s watching New Kensington
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 New Kensington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to New Kensington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around New Kensington
What you can do in New Kensington
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 New Kensington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).