Flock & ALPR Cameras in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Pottstown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Pottstown in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Pottstown
The readers mapped around Pottstown break down as 24 of unrecorded make, 3 Motorola Solutions, 2 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- North Hanover Street — 6 readers
- Manatawny Street — 5 readers
- Pottstown Pike — 4 readers
- South Hanover Street — 4 readers
- Shoemaker Road — 3 readers
- West King Street — 3 readers
- Farmington Avenue — 2 readers
- North Penn Street — 2 readers
- North Washington Street — 1 reader
Pottstown in the Montgomery County picture
Montgomery County has 92 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,732 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 861,225 residents and 2,895 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 20% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 30 traffic.
Camera activity around Pottstown, last 30 days
3 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Pottstown. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.
What’s watching Pottstown
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 Pottstown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Pottstown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Pottstown
- 10 license plate readers reported removed near Pottstown, PA
- Where Flock Cameras Are Located Around The Pottstown Area
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Pottstown, PA
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Pottstown, PA
What you can do in Pottstown
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 Pottstown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).