Flock & ALPR Cameras in University City, Pennsylvania
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around University City — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 2 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of University City, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside University City itself.
The rest sit in Philadelphia (2).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near University City in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in University City
The readers mapped around University City break down as 2 Genetec. Every report here dates to Aug 2026.
- South University Avenue — 1 reader
- Hamilton Walk — 1 reader
University City 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 2 traffic.
What’s watching University City
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 University City — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to University City (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around University City
- 2 new license plate readers reported around University City, PA
- Why activists are calling on Carnegie Mellon University and the City of Pittsburgh to ban facial recognition tech
What you can do in University City
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 University City
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).