Cameras / North Carolina / Wake Forest
License plate readers in Wake Forest, NC
Volunteers have documented 72 automated license plate readers inside Wake Forest. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 63 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 2.0% of the statewide total. At 3.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 83% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on poles and 9 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
72
readers documented
3.6
per square mile
3rd
of 63 indexed North Carolina cities
2.0%
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.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety72 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 72 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Wake Forest Police Department (10), Lowe's (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), street lamp (9)
- Coverage area
- 20 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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