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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Plainview, Texas

Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Plainview — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 8 reported cameras around Plainview, Texas

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Plainview

No new reports near Plainview in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Plainview

The readers mapped around Plainview break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.

North Interstate 27 — 3 readers
West US Highway 70 — 1 reader
East 5th Street — 1 reader
Southwest 3rd Street — 1 reader
West 5th Street — 1 reader
West 18th Street — 1 reader

Plainview in the Hale County picture

Hale County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,800 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 32,247 residents and 2,112 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 85.3% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.

Camera activity around Plainview, last 30 days

5 newly reported in our hourly change log for Plainview. Latest change logged Sep 1, 2026.

What’s watching Plainview

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 Plainview — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Plainview (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Plainview

What you can do in Plainview

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 Plainview

Seth Ward (2) Hale Center (2) Lockney (3) Tulia (14)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).