Cameras / North Carolina / Durham
License plate readers in Durham, NC
Volunteers have documented 66 automated license plate readers inside Durham. That is the 4th-largest total among the 63 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 1.8% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 119.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 91% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's and Target Corporation.
Updated August 14, 2026.
66
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
4th
of 63 indexed North Carolina cities
1.8%
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 Safety64 · 97%
- Other vendors1 · 2%
- Unknown1 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 33 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (6), Lowe's (3), Target Corporation (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (13), mast (1)
- Coverage area
- 119.9 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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