Flock & ALPR Cameras in Anacortes, Washington
Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Anacortes — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Anacortes in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Anacortes
The readers mapped around Anacortes break down as 2 of unrecorded make. Every report here dates to Mar 2026.
- State Route 20 — 2 readers
Anacortes in the Skagit County picture
Skagit County has 23 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,468 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 130,407 residents and 2,150 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 41.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 area.
What’s watching Anacortes
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 Anacortes — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Anacortes (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Anacortes
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 Anacortes
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).