Flock & ALPR Cameras in Renton, Washington
Volunteers have reported 55 automated license plate readers in and around Renton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 23 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Renton
The readers mapped around Renton break down as 52 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety, Renton Police. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Logan Avenue North — 10 readers
- Spine Road — 8 readers
- North 8th Street — 7 readers
- North 6th Street — 3 readers
- Rainier Avenue South — 3 readers
- Cedar River Trail — 3 readers
- Northeast 4th Street — 2 readers
- Harrington Place Southeast — 2 readers
- Aberdeen Avenue Northeast — 2 readers
- Sunset Boulevard North — 2 readers
- North 3rd Place — 2 readers
- Garden Avenue North — 1 reader
+ 10 more streets and roads mapped around Renton — all on the live map above.
Renton WA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Renton WA PD runs 24 cameras of its own, has logged 122 plate-database searches, has captured 602,703 vehicle records.
Renton in the King County picture
King County has 462 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,363 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 2,262,713 residents and 10,773 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.9% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 45 traffic, 2 parking, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (3), Renton Police (1).
Camera activity around Renton, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Renton. Latest change logged Aug 28, 2026.
What’s watching Renton
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 Renton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Renton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Renton
- Renton PD gives virtual ‘orientation’ on Flock, ALPR cameras
- Renton PD to host virtual town hall on ALPR, Flock cameras
- Renton, WA, police to hold town hall on Flock cameras
- Renton, WA Flock cameras on hold as city plans virtual town hall
What you can do in Renton
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 Renton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).