Cameras / NC
License plate readers in North Carolina
3,572 cameras have been documented in North Carolina. That is the 8th-largest documented total of the 51 states and territories with any readers on record, and 2.7% of the 130,300 documented nationwide. Charlotte has the most of any city in the state, with 270 — 7.6% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 1,898 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 88%. 1,898 of them stand in the 63 cities listed below. 1,674 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Updated August 14, 2026.
3,572
cameras documented statewide
8th
most-documented of 51 states and territories
1,898
in listed cities
1,674
outside city limits
ALPR law in North Carolina
North Carolina regulates automated license plate readers under N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 20-183.30 to 20-183.32. The statute caps retention at 90 days. Captured plate data is confidential, is not a public record, and may not be sold; access is limited to certified officers acting on a written request for a legitimate law enforcement purpose. Data must be destroyed within 90 days unless held under a preservation request or search warrant, and preserved data must be destroyed a year later unless renewed.
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety1,676
- Motorola Solutions22
- Genetec8
- Leonardo/ELSAG17
- Neology3
- Other vendors144
- Unknown28
By city
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.