Cameras / North Carolina / Raleigh
License plate readers in Raleigh, NC
Volunteers have documented 135 automated license plate readers inside Raleigh. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 69 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 3.6% of the statewide total. Its 0.9 readers per square mile spread across 152.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 80% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Its 135 readers are more than 7 times the 19-camera median for the 69 North Carolina cities indexed here.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 24, 2026.
135
readers documented
0.9
per square mile
2nd
of 69 indexed North Carolina cities · 90th of 2,395 nationally
3.6%
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 Safety106 · 79%
- Motorola Solutions15 · 11%
- Genetec3 · 2%
- Leonardo/ELSAG5 · 4%
- Other vendors3 · 2%
- Unknown3 · 2%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 104 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (1), Raleigh Police Department (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (14), street lamp (4)
- Coverage area
- 152.3 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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