Flock & ALPR Cameras in New Braunfels, Texas
Volunteers have reported 66 automated license plate readers in and around New Braunfels — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near New Braunfels in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in New Braunfels
The readers mapped around New Braunfels break down as 64 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: New Braunfels, Buc-ee's, The Home Depot, Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Interstate 35 North — 6 readers
- Creekside Crossing — 4 readers
- North Walnut Avenue — 4 readers
- Loop 337 — 4 readers
- Interstate 35 South — 3 readers
- Purple Heart Trail — 3 readers
- Gruene Road — 3 readers
- Landa Street — 3 readers
- North Elliot Knox Boulevard — 3 readers
- State Highway 46 South — 3 readers
- FM 306 — 3 readers
- State Highway 46 West — 3 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around New Braunfels — all on the live map above.
New Braunfels TX PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, New Braunfels TX PD runs 36 cameras of its own, has logged 194 plate-database searches, has captured 407,377 vehicle records. Its network connects to 6 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
New Braunfels in the Comal County picture
Comal County has 85 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #547 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 174,552 residents and 1,864 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 43 traffic. Operators named on the record: New Braunfels (10), Buc-ee's (6), The Home Depot (3).
Camera activity around New Braunfels, last 30 days
4 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for New Braunfels. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching New Braunfels
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 New Braunfels — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to New Braunfels (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around New Braunfels
- New Braunfels gets more time to keep Flock cameras running as state funding remains paused
- On the agenda: New Braunfels City Council - Special — License Plate Reader (Sep 30)
- KING: Flock cameras in New Braunfels? No, unless...
- 2 new license plate readers reported around New Braunfels, TX
What you can do in New Braunfels
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.
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Cameras near New Braunfels
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).