Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oakdale, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Oakdale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 21 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Oakdale, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 19 of them sit inside Oakdale itself.
The rest sit in Noblestown (2).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 24 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Oakdale, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Oakdale
📷 19 new license plate readers just reported around Oakdale, PA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Oakdale
Where the cameras are in Oakdale
The readers mapped around Oakdale break down as 4 PlateSmart/CyclopsTchnlgs, 3 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Noblestown Road — 3 readers
- Clinton Avenue — 2 readers
- Union Avenue — 1 reader
- Prospect Street — 1 reader
Oakdale in the Allegheny County picture
Allegheny County has 446 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #855 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,240,476 residents and 5,421 road miles. By road density that is 0.08 cameras per road mile, in the top 6.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
Camera activity around Oakdale, last 30 days
27 newly reported, 22 removed in our hourly change log for Oakdale. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Oakdale
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 Oakdale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Oakdale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Oakdale
- 14 new license plate readers reported around Oakdale, PA
- 22 license plate readers reported removed near Oakdale, PA
- 8 new license plate readers reported around Oakdale, PA
- 19 new license plate readers reported around Oakdale, PA
What you can do in Oakdale
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.
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Cameras near Oakdale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).