Flock & ALPR Cameras in Providence, Rhode Island
Volunteers have reported 64 automated license plate readers in and around Providence — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Providence in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:11 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Providence
The readers mapped around Providence break down as 65 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Broad Street — 5 readers
- Thurbers Avenue — 5 readers
- Washington Street — 3 readers
- Westminster Street — 3 readers
- Waterman Street — 3 readers
- Douglas Avenue — 2 readers
- Charles Street — 2 readers
- Olney Street — 2 readers
- Camp Street — 2 readers
- Plainfield Street — 2 readers
- I 95 — 2 readers
- Cranston Street — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Providence — all on the live map above.
Providence RI PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Providence RI PD runs 60 cameras of its own, has logged 653 plate-database searches, has captured 663,348 vehicle records. Its network connects to 25 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Cranston RI PD, East Providence RI PD, Johnston RI PD, Milford MA PD, North Providence RI PD, Pawtucket RI PD, Rhode Island State PD, Seekonk MA PD.
Providence in the Providence County picture
Providence County has 188 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,065 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 658,977 residents and 2,117 road miles. By road density that is 0.09 cameras per road mile, in the top 5.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 57 traffic, 1 parking.
Camera activity around Providence, last 30 days
6 newly reported, 2 removed in our hourly change log for Providence. Latest change logged Aug 25, 2026.
What’s watching Providence
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 Providence — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Providence (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Providence
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Providence, RI
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Providence, RI
- Ward 4 candidates find plenty of common ground at East Providence forum | EastBayRI.com - News, Opinion, Things to Do in the East Bay
- Three years later, 20 Flock cameras continue to roll in East Providence | EastBayRI.com - News, Opinion, Things to Do in the East Bay
What you can do in Providence
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 Providence
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).