Flock & ALPR Cameras in Beaufort, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Beaufort — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Beaufort in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Beaufort
The readers mapped around Beaufort break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Coosaw Point Boulevard — 4 readers
- Richard V Woods Memorial Bridge — 2 readers
- Ribaut Road — 2 readers
- Sea Island Parkway — 1 reader
Beaufort SC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Beaufort SC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 22 other agencies.
Beaufort in the Beaufort County picture
Beaufort County has 77 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #726 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 192,123 residents and 2,344 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 19.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Beaufort
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 Beaufort — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Beaufort (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Beaufort
- ‘For the most part, we can track you all over the country.’ Beaufort Co. adds license plate cameras
- On the agenda: Beaufort meeting — Flock Camera (Apr 29)
What you can do in Beaufort
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 Beaufort
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).