Flock & ALPR Cameras in Seattle, Washington
Volunteers have reported 65 automated license plate readers in and around Seattle — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Seattle in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:25 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
📷 28 new license plate readers just reported around Seattle, WA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Seattle
Where the cameras are in Seattle
The readers mapped around Seattle break down as 40 Axon Enterprise, 8 Flock Safety, 8 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- 2nd Avenue — 4 readers
- 3rd Avenue — 4 readers
- 1st Avenue — 4 readers
- South Lander Street — 3 readers
- South Lane Street — 3 readers
- 4th Avenue Cycletrack — 2 readers
- Denny Way — 2 readers
- South Jackson Street — 2 readers
- Blanchard Street — 2 readers
- 5th Avenue South — 2 readers
- Maynard Avenue South — 2 readers
- South King Street — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Seattle — all on the live map above.
Seattle 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 63 traffic, 2 building.
Camera activity around Seattle, last 30 days
42 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Seattle. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching Seattle
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 Seattle — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Seattle (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Seattle
- Seattle police data: Real Time Crime Center triples arrest odds in 911 calls
- Seattle police have more surveillance cameras than previously reported
- New report finds Seattle police camera network larger than previously reported
- Audit Scrutinizes Seattle Police Use of Traffic Cameras
What you can do in Seattle
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 Seattle
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).