Flock & ALPR Cameras in Baytown, Texas
Volunteers have reported 52 automated license plate readers in and around Baytown — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Baytown 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 Baytown
The readers mapped around Baytown break down as 52 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Baker Road — 15 readers
- West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road — 7 readers
- North Main Street — 5 readers
- Garth Road — 5 readers
- Lee Drive — 3 readers
- Park Street — 3 readers
- North Highway 146 — 2 readers
- South Alexander Drive — 2 readers
- Ward Road — 2 readers
- East Freeway Service Road — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- East Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Baytown — all on the live map above.
Baytown TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Baytown TX PD runs 72 cameras of its own, has logged 590 plate-database searches, has captured 510,328 vehicle records. Its network connects to 43 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Baytown in the Harris County picture
Harris County has 3,445 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #241 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 11.2% nationally. That’s across 4,758,579 residents and 12,582 road miles. By road density that is 0.27 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 52 traffic.
Camera activity around Baytown, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Baytown. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Baytown
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 Baytown — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Baytown (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Baytown
- Flaring sends smoke into sky near I-10 at Raven Butene-1 plant in Baytown
- Baytown council passes crime district budget after Flock camera debate
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Baytown, TX
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Baytown, TX
What you can do in Baytown
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 Baytown
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).