Cameras / TX
License plate readers in Texas
17,179 cameras have been documented in Texas. That is the 2nd-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 12.0% of the 143,301 documented nationwide. Houston has the most of any city in the state, with 2,457 — 14% of the total. Flock Safety built 91% of the 12,575 readers counted in the state's indexed cities. 12,575 of them stand in the 215 cities listed below. 4,604 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 29, 2026.
17,179
cameras documented statewide
2nd
most-documented of 52 states and territories
12,575
in listed cities
4,604
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety11,487
- Motorola Solutions268
- Genetec141
- Leonardo/ELSAG57
- Neology14
- Other vendors132
- Unknown476
By city
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Contract decisions in Texas
18 decisions here are in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.
- Hutto canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 17, 2026
- El Paso declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Sep 15, 2026
- Plano switched off its Flock Safety cameras · Sep 14, 2026
- Manvel canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 8, 2026
- Willis paused its Flock Safety program · Sep 8, 2026
- Bastrop canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 8, 2026
- Leander canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 3, 2026
- Manor canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 3, 2026
- Elgin paused its Flock Safety program · Sep 2, 2026
- Robinson declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Sep 1, 2026
- Stephens County Sheriff's Office canceled its Flock Safety contract · Sep 2026
- Kendall County declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Aug 25, 2026
- Wylie declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Aug 25, 2026
- Pflugerville declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Aug 25, 2026
- Lago Vista canceled its Flock Safety contract · Aug 6, 2026
- Magnolia declined to renew its Flock Safety contract · Aug 2026
- Guadalupe County canceled its Flock Safety contract · Aug 2026
- Hood County canceled its Flock Safety contract · Apr 2026
Explore this data further
- Who operates Texas’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
Texas ranks 2nd of 52 by documented cameras. California (21,069) ranks just above, and Georgia (10,050) just below.
