Cameras / North Carolina / Chapel Hill
License plate readers in Chapel Hill, NC
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside Chapel Hill. That is the 14th-largest total among the 69 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 1.0% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.7 per square mile places Chapel Hill near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
37
readers documented
1.7
per square mile
14th
of 69 indexed North Carolina cities · 640th of 2,395 nationally
1.0%
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 29 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- UNC Chapel Hill Police Department (14), Lowe's (2). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (18)
- Coverage area
- 21.6 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · North Carolina ALPR law (90 days retention)
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