Cameras / North Carolina / Asheville
License plate readers in Asheville, NC
Volunteers have documented 53 automated license plate readers inside Asheville. That is the 6th-largest total among the 63 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 45.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 94% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
53
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
6th
of 63 indexed North Carolina cities
1.5%
of North Carolina’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety50 · 94%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 2%
- Unknown2 · 4%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 18 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (3), Asheville Police Department (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5)
- Coverage area
- 45.5 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · North Carolina ALPR law
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