Flock & ALPR Cameras in Austin, Texas
Volunteers have reported 51 automated license plate readers in and around Austin — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Rejected
Austin is on the record here. City council voted to block the renewal of Austin's contract with Flock Safety after controversial uses for the system, violations of department policy, and contract language that went against council mandates on data retention.
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- Oct 3 Flock Safety 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 Austin
The readers mapped around Austin break down as 46 Flock Safety, 4 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- East Ben White Boulevard — 5 readers
- South Lamar Boulevard — 5 readers
- South 1st Street — 4 readers
- East Cesar Chavez Street — 3 readers
- Airport Boulevard — 3 readers
- Saint Edward's Drive — 2 readers
- University Circle — 2 readers
- Ann & Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail — 2 readers
- West Cesar Chavez Street — 2 readers
- East Saint Elmo Road — 2 readers
- North Interstate 35 — 2 readers
- Barton Skyway — 2 readers
+ 16 more streets and roads mapped around Austin — all on the live map above.
Austin TX PD and the sharing network
Austin in the Travis County picture
Travis County has 412 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #978 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,307,625 residents and 4,006 road miles. By road density that is 0.10 cameras per road mile, in the top 4.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 46 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).
Camera activity around Austin, last 30 days
5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Austin. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Austin
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 Austin — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Austin (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
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What you can do in Austin
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 Austin
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).