Cameras / North Carolina / Wilmington
License plate readers in Wilmington, NC
Volunteers have documented 16 automated license plate readers inside Wilmington. That is the 39th-largest total among the 63 North Carolina cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. Its 0.3 readers per square mile spread across 51.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 98% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
16
readers documented
0.3
per square mile
39th
of 63 indexed North Carolina cities
0.4%
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 Safety16 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 15 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (1)
- Coverage area
- 51.4 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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