Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bastrop, Texas
Volunteers have reported 29 automated license plate readers in and around Bastrop — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
On the record · Contract Canceled
Bastrop is on the record here. Bastrop City Council voted unanimously September 8, 2026 to decommission 12 Flock cameras and terminate or decline to renew the contract. CBS Austin and KBTX reported council also voted to bar similar automatic license-plate readers in the future. Cameras had been covered since a September 1 work-session order. The contract had been set to auto-renew in July 2027.
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No new reports near Bastrop in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:20 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bastrop
The readers mapped around Bastrop break down as 29 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Edward Burleson Lane — 4 readers
- Old Austin Highway — 3 readers
- State Highway 71 West — 3 readers
- Childers Drive — 2 readers
- Bastrop — 2 readers
- TX 71;TX 95 — 2 readers
- Sterling Drive — 1 reader
- Perkins Street — 1 reader
- South Hasler Boulevard — 1 reader
- Main Street — 1 reader
- ATM Drive-Through — 1 reader
- Tahitian Drive — 1 reader
+ 7 more streets and roads mapped around Bastrop — all on the live map above.
Bastrop TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Bastrop TX PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 30 other agencies.
Bastrop in the Bastrop County picture
Bastrop County has 55 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #452 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 21.1% nationally. That’s across 102,370 residents and 2,640 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 28.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic, 3 residential.
Camera activity around Bastrop, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Bastrop. Latest change logged Aug 23, 2026.
What’s watching Bastrop
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 Bastrop — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bastrop (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bastrop
- Bastrop City Council Votes To End Flock Camera Contract
- Bastrop covers Flock cameras ahead of vote as debate spreads across Central Texas
- Bastrop, TX: Contract Canceled
What you can do in Bastrop
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 Bastrop
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).