How many Flock cameras are in New York?

As of August 6, 2026, 1,884 Flock Safety ALPR cameras are mapped in New York in the public OpenStreetMap-derived dataset, out of 5,608 surveillance cameras of all types.

How many surveillance cameras are in New York?

5,608 are currently mapped in New York: 1,884 Flock ALPR, 2,109 other license-plate readers, 1,363 CCTV, and 231 gunshot sensors.

Flock Cameras in New York

Mapped as of August 6, 2026

As of August 6, 2026, 5,608 surveillance cameras are mapped in New York, including 1,884 Flock Safety ALPR readers that automatically photograph and log passing license plates. These counts come from the public, community-maintained dataset Peripheri uses (derived from OpenStreetMap) and reflect what has been mapped so far, not necessarily every camera deployed.

5,608cameras mapped

1,884Flock ALPR

2,109Other ALPR

1,363CCTV

231Gunshot sensors

What this means for drivers in New York

Flock Safety ALPR cameras don't just watch for stolen cars. Every plate they read is time-stamped and location-tagged, and the data is shared across a network accessible to police, and in some cases to other agencies. With 1,884 of them mapped in New York, most drivers pass several on a typical trip. Learn how Flock cameras work →

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Sources & method

Camera locations are from a public dataset derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), counted by state boundary. Coverage is community-contributed and incomplete; figures are a lower bound, updated as the dataset grows. For background on ALPR surveillance, see EFF's Street-Level Surveillance.