Cameras / North Carolina / Wake Forest
License plate readers in Wake Forest, NC
Volunteers have documented 32 automated license plate readers inside Wake Forest. That is the 21st-largest total among the 71 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 0.8% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Wake Forest near the middle of the 2,430 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. 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.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 6, 2026.
32
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
21st
of 71 indexed North Carolina cities · 782nd of 2,430 nationally
0.8%
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 31 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Wake Forest Police Department (10), Lowe's (2). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), street lamp (9)
- Coverage area
- 20 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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