Flock & ALPR Cameras in Catawba, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Catawba — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 17 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Catawba, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Catawba itself.
The rest sit in Van Wyck (2).
1 of them name an operator in the record: Catawba Nation Tribal Police Department (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
15 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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- Sep 14 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 14 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported
- Sep 9 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Catawba
The readers mapped around Catawba break down as 14 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Catawba Nation Tribal Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Rock Hill Highway — 2 readers
- Roselyn Avenue — 2 readers
- Waxhaw Highway — 2 readers
- Charlotte Highway — 2 readers
- Avenue of the Nations — 1 reader
- Harmony Church Road — 1 reader
- Killian Road — 1 reader
- Six Mile Church Road — 1 reader
- Henry Harris Road — 1 reader
- Big Bear Drive — 1 reader
- Steel Hill Road — 1 reader
Catawba in the York County picture
York County has 84 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,048 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 288,559 residents and 2,812 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 21.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Catawba Nation Tribal Police Department (1).
Camera activity around Catawba, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Catawba. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Catawba
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 Catawba — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Catawba (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Catawba
- Catawba County Sheriff's Office launches online Flock Safety camera transparency portal
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Catawba, SC
- Amid national debate, Catawba pulls Flock cameras because of price tag
- Town of Catawba discontinues Flock camera use after trial period , citing costs
What you can do in Catawba
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 Catawba
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).