Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bellingham, Washington
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Bellingham — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Bellingham in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:52 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Bellingham, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Bellingham
Where the cameras are in Bellingham
The readers mapped around Bellingham break down as 9 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in May 2026.
- Telegraph Road — 4 readers
- Barkley Boulevard — 2 readers
- Nevada Street — 1 reader
- East Sunset Drive — 1 reader
- Chuckanut Drive — 1 reader
Bellingham in the Whatcom County picture
Whatcom County has 11 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,999 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 228,432 residents and 2,509 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 63.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic, 1 telegraph_road.
Camera activity around Bellingham, last 30 days
28 newly reported, 29 removed in our hourly change log for Bellingham. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Bellingham
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 Bellingham — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bellingham (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bellingham
- 4 license plate readers reported removed near Bellingham, WA
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Bellingham, WA
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Bellingham, WA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Bellingham, WA
What you can do in Bellingham
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 Bellingham
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).