License plate readers in North Carolina
3,614 ALPR cameras documented in North Carolina, 3,238 identified as Flock Safety devices — across 89 of 100 counties (32.7 per 100,000 residents). Snapshot 2026-08-24; documented ≠ complete — methodology.
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County breakdown
| County | Documented cameras | Per 100k | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg | 434 | 36.0 | 4 |
| Wake | 430 | 34.9 | 5 |
| Union | 170 | 64.5 | 1 |
| Iredell | 151 | 73.2 | 1 |
| Gaston | 136 | 56.2 | — |
| Wilson | 85 | 106.3 | 1 |
| Durham | 84 | 24.4 | 3 |
| Buncombe | 81 | 29.0 | 2 |
| Guilford | 76 | 13.6 | 2 |
| Alamance | 72 | 39.3 | 1 |
| Catawba | 70 | 41.9 | — |
| Robeson | 67 | 56.5 | — |
| Harnett | 64 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Johnston | 63 | 25.2 | 1 |
| Caldwell | 60 | 74.3 | 1 |
| Davidson | 58 | 32.6 | — |
| Moore | 57 | 52.6 | 3 |
| Cabarrus | 56 | 22.9 | 1 |
| Lincoln | 56 | 57.4 | 1 |
| New Hanover | 55 | 22.6 | 1 |
| Dare | 54 | 141.4 | — |
| Forsyth | 54 | 13.6 | 3 |
| Cumberland | 51 | 15.1 | 1 |
| Pitt | 50 | 27.7 | 1 |
| Henderson | 45 | 37.3 | 2 |
| Nash | 42 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Jackson | 40 | 88.3 | 4 |
| Rutherford | 38 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 37 | 36.2 | 1 |
| Orange | 35 | 22.9 | 2 |
| Franklin | 32 | 40.1 | 1 |
| Vance | 30 | 70.9 | 2 |
| Brunswick | 29 | 17.4 | 2 |
| Granville | 28 | 45.5 | 2 |
| Onslow | 28 | 13.1 | 1 |
| Wayne | 28 | 23.3 | 1 |
| Richmond | 27 | 64.3 | — |
| Lenoir | 26 | 47.0 | — |
| Watauga | 25 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Burke | 24 | 27.1 | 1 |
| Davie | 24 | 52.9 | — |
| Haywood | 23 | 36.5 | 2 |
| Halifax | 21 | 44.7 | — |
| Macon | 21 | 54.2 | — |
| Wilkes | 21 | 31.7 | 2 |
| Hoke | 20 | 36.1 | 2 |
| Person | 20 | 49.8 | 1 |
| Stanly | 20 | 29.7 | — |
| Pender | 19 | 27.1 | 1 |
| Rowan | 19 | 12.4 | — |
| Polk | 18 | 88.6 | — |
| Anson | 17 | 75.8 | — |
| Edgecombe | 17 | 34.6 | — |
| McDowell | 17 | 37.6 | 1 |
| Craven | 16 | 15.4 | — |
| Madison | 15 | 67.1 | 2 |
| Hertford | 14 | 73.0 | — |
| Randolph | 14 | 9.4 | 1 |
| Rockingham | 14 | 15.0 | 1 |
| Cherokee | 13 | 42.8 | — |
| Columbus | 13 | 26.0 | — |
| Lee | 13 | 19.0 | 1 |
| Surry | 13 | 18.2 | 1 |
| Chatham | 12 | 14.3 | — |
| Mitchell | 11 | 73.2 | — |
| Transylvania | 11 | 32.3 | 3 |
| Carteret | 10 | 14.2 | — |
| Gates | 10 | 97.1 | — |
| Scotland | 10 | 29.5 | 1 |
| Bladen | 9 | 30.2 | — |
| Martin | 8 | 37.2 | — |
| Swain | 8 | 57.4 | 2 |
| Alexander | 7 | 19.1 | — |
| Avery | 7 | 39.3 | — |
| Clay | 7 | 58.1 | — |
| Chowan | 6 | 43.2 | — |
| Washington | 6 | 56.3 | — |
| Yancey | 6 | 31.6 | — |
| Northampton | 5 | 30.2 | 1 |
| Pasquotank | 5 | 12.1 | — |
| Beaufort | 4 | 9.0 | — |
| Currituck | 4 | 12.4 | — |
| Duplin | 4 | 7.9 | — |
| Sampson | 4 | 6.6 | 1 |
| Caswell | 3 | 13.4 | — |
| Montgomery | 3 | 11.4 | — |
| Stokes | 2 | 4.4 | — |
| Greene | 1 | 4.8 | — |
| Yadkin | 1 | 2.6 | — |
| Alleghany | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Ashe | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Bertie | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Camden | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Graham | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Hyde | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Jones | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Pamlico | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Perquimans | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Tyrrell | 0 | 0.0 | — |
| Warren | 0 | 0.0 | — |
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Agencies documented using ALPRs
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (CC BY 4.0), agency-level records.
- Angier Police Departmentsource ↗
- Appalachian State University Police Departmentsource ↗
- Asheboro Police Departmentsource ↗
- Asheville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Avery County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Belmont Police Departmentsource ↗
- Bessemer City Police Departmentsource ↗
- Biltmore Forest Police Departmentsource ↗
- Black Mountain Police Departmentsource ↗
- Boone Police Departmentsource ↗
- Brunswick County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Buncombe County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Burke County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Butner Public Safetysource ↗
- Cabarrus County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Caldwell County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Carolina Beach Police Departmentsource ↗
- Catawba County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Chadbourn Police Departmentsource ↗
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Departmentsource ↗
- Clayton Police Departmentsource ↗
- Cleveland County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Columbus County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Columbus Police Departmentsource ↗
- Concord Police Departmentsource ↗
- Conover Police Departmentsource ↗
- Craven County Alcoholic Beverage Control Boardsource ↗
- Creedmoor Police Departmentsource ↗
- Currituck County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Dare County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Davidson County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Davidson Police Departmentsource ↗
- Davie County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Duck Police Departmentsource ↗
- Dunn Police Departmentsource ↗
- Durham Police Departmentsource ↗
- East Carolina University Parking and Transporation Servicessource ↗
- Edgecombe County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Elizabethtown Police Departmentsource ↗
- Elon University Campus Police Departmentsource ↗
- Erwin Police Departmentsource ↗
- Fairmont Police Departmentsource ↗
- Fayetteville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Forest City Police Departmentsource ↗
- Forsyth County Sheriff’s Officesource ↗
- Franklinton Police Departmentsource ↗
- Fuquay-Varina Police Departmentsource ↗
- Garner Police Departmentsource ↗
- Gaston County Police Departmentsource ↗
- Gastonia Police Departmentsource ↗
- Greensboro Police Departmentsource ↗
- Greenville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Hamlet Police Departmentsource ↗
- Harnett County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Haywood County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Henderson County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Hendersonville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Hickory Police Departmentsource ↗
- Hoke County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Hope Mills Police Departmentsource ↗
- Hudson Police Departmentsource ↗
- Huntersville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Iredell County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Jackson County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Jacksonville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Johnston County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Kernersville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Kill Devil Hills Police Departmentsource ↗
- Kings Mountain Police Departmentsource ↗
- Knightdale Police Departmentsource ↗
- Lenoir County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Lexington Police Departmentsource ↗
- Lillington Police Departmentsource ↗
- Lincoln County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Louisburg Police Departmentsource ↗
- Lumberton Police Departmentsource ↗
- Macon County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Madison County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Maiden Police Departmentsource ↗
- Marion Police Departmentsource ↗
- Matthews Police Departmentsource ↗
- McDowell County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Mint Hill Police Departmentsource ↗
- Mitchell County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Monroe Police Departmentsource ↗
- Mooresville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Mount Holly Police Departmentsource ↗
- Nags Head Police Departmentsource ↗
- Nash County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Nashville Police Departmentsource ↗
- New Bern Police Departmentsource ↗
- Pembroke Police Departmentsource ↗
- Person County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Pineville Police Departmentsource ↗
- Pitt County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Polk County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Polkton Police Departmentsource ↗
- Raleigh Police Departmentsource ↗
- Randolph County Sheriff's Officesource ↗
- Ranlo Police Departmentsource ↗
Act lawfully
- Request your agency’s ALPR policy and audit logs via public records.
- Attend council or commission meetings when contracts come up for renewal.
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