Flock & ALPR Cameras in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 3 automated license plate readers in and around Philadelphia — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Philadelphia in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 04:02 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Philadelphia
The readers mapped around Philadelphia break down as 3 Genetec. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- North Broad Street — 2 readers
- South Broad Street — 1 reader
Philadelphia in the Philadelphia County picture
Philadelphia County has 44 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #2,096 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,582,432 residents and 1,017 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Philadelphia, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Philadelphia. Latest change logged Aug 16, 2026.
What’s watching Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Philadelphia (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Philadelphia
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Philadelphia, PA
- Stranded stingray rescued after washing up on Jersey Shore beach – NBC10 Philadelphia
- New license plate readers help Bensalem police catch carjackers – NBC10 Philadelphia
- Gov. Josh Shapiro says he would welcome Pennsylvania ban on Flock cameras
What you can do in Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).