Flock & ALPR Cameras in McAllen, Texas
Volunteers have reported 69 automated license plate readers in and around McAllen — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near McAllen in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in McAllen
The readers mapped around McAllen break down as 64 Flock Safety, 6 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- West Business 83 — 10 readers
- Pecan Boulevard — 6 readers
- West Dove Avenue — 6 readers
- North 10th Street — 5 readers
- South 10th Street — 4 readers
- East La Vista Avenue — 4 readers
- South McColl Road — 4 readers
- Uvalde Avenue — 3 readers
- East Pecan Boulevard — 3 readers
- Jackson Avenue — 3 readers
- South 23rd Street — 3 readers
- Wichita Avenue — 2 readers
+ 12 more streets and roads mapped around McAllen — all on the live map above.
McAllen in the Hidalgo County picture
Hidalgo County has 210 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,229 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 880,921 residents and 4,698 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 70 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).
Camera activity around McAllen, last 30 days
14 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for McAllen. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching McAllen
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 McAllen — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to McAllen (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around McAllen
- McAllen Mayor Says City and Police Do Not Use Flock Surveillance Cameras
- 6 new license plate readers reported around McAllen, TX
- 4 new license plate readers reported around McAllen, TX
- 2 new license plate readers reported around McAllen, TX
What you can do in McAllen
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 McAllen
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).