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Find Flock and other license plate cameras in Virginia

3,258 of 3,544 mapped cameras are recorded as made by Flock Safety, 224 as other makers and 62 with no maker recorded. Of the mapped cameras in Virginia, 60% stand inside an incorporated city, town or village; the others are in unincorporated communities or outside any place. From one mapped camera in Virginia to the nearest other, the median gap is 700 feet. For every 10,000 residents there are 4.1 mapped cameras, on the 2020 Census count of 8,631,393 residents. Mapped cameras turn up in 277 places across Virginia, and 48 of those places have the 10 mapped cameras at which this site measures a place.

Data as of , updated weekly. The figures for Virginia last changed on .

Where in Virginia the cameras are mapped

1 to 9 cameras10 to 49 cameras50 to 199 cameras200 to 999 cameras
In one square
  • 1 to 9 cameras
  • 10 to 49 cameras
  • 50 to 199 cameras
  • 200 to 999 cameras

Each square is a quarter of a degree on a side, 17 miles from top to bottom, and is shaded by the number of mapped cameras inside it. A square is drawn for Virginia when the nearest place with a mapped camera is in Virginia, so the squares along the state line are approximate, and one that straddles the line counts the cameras on both sides.

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Places in Virginia with a page

So far, 8 places in Virginia have their own page. The list runs from the shortest typical distance to the longest: the distance from a typical point inside the place to the nearest mapped camera. The share is the part of the area inside the place’s boundary that lies within half a mile of one.

Places in Virginia with a page, by typical distance to the nearest mapped camera
PlaceTypical distanceArea within half a mileMapped cameras
Alexandria0.3 miles88%75
Williamsburg0.3 miles83%42
Portsmouth0.4 miles66%134
Arlington0.4 miles59%74
Norfolk0.4 miles59%246
Hampton0.5 miles54%158
Richmond0.5 miles53%154
Virginia Beach1.4 miles22%250

Measured places without a page

At least 10 cameras are mapped in each of the 40 places below, enough for them to be measured the same way, but none has a page of its own. Pages are added in stages, starting where a mapped camera is typically closest. When a place gets a page of its own is set out with the list of states.

Each line gives the typical distance to the nearest mapped camera, the share of the area inside the boundary that lies within half a mile of one, and the mapped cameras inside it. The order is the same: shortest typical distance first.

  • Huntingtontypically 1,000 feet · 100% of its area within half a mile · 17 camerasMap of Huntington
  • Seven Cornerstypically 0.2 miles · 99% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Seven Corners
  • Herndontypically 0.3 miles · 92% of its area within half a mile · 20 camerasMap of Herndon
  • Bailey's Crossroadstypically 0.3 miles · 78% of its area within half a mile · 13 camerasMap of Bailey's Crossroads
  • Fairfaxtypically 0.3 miles · 87% of its area within half a mile · 39 camerasMap of Fairfax
  • George Masontypically 0.3 miles · 72% of its area within half a mile · 19 camerasMap of George Mason
  • Emporiatypically 0.3 miles · 74% of its area within half a mile · 20 camerasMap of Emporia
  • Potomac Millstypically 0.3 miles · 72% of its area within half a mile · 19 camerasMap of Potomac Mills
  • Hopewelltypically 0.3 miles · 71% of its area within half a mile · 24 camerasMap of Hopewell
  • Sudleytypically 0.4 miles · 70% of its area within half a mile · 20 camerasMap of Sudley
  • Woodstocktypically 0.4 miles · 62% of its area within half a mile · 13 camerasMap of Woodstock
  • Culpepertypically 0.4 miles · 71% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Culpeper
  • Tysonstypically 0.4 miles · 63% of its area within half a mile · 23 camerasMap of Tysons
  • Colonial Heightstypically 0.4 miles · 57% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Colonial Heights
  • Franklintypically 0.5 miles · 57% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Franklin
  • Chestertypically 0.5 miles · 54% of its area within half a mile · 17 camerasMap of Chester
  • Springfieldtypically 0.5 miles · 49% of its area within half a mile · 19 camerasMap of Springfield
  • Martinsvilletypically 0.5 miles · 49% of its area within half a mile · 19 camerasMap of Martinsville
  • Newport Newstypically 0.5 miles · 49% of its area within half a mile · 130 camerasMap of Newport News
  • Bluefieldtypically 0.5 miles · 46% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Bluefield
  • Viennatypically 0.6 miles · 42% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Vienna
  • Blacksburgtypically 0.6 miles · 41% of its area within half a mile · 25 camerasMap of Blacksburg
  • Leesburgtypically 0.6 miles · 41% of its area within half a mile · 15 camerasMap of Leesburg
  • Short Pumptypically 0.6 miles · 38% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Short Pump
  • Winchestertypically 0.6 miles · 36% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Winchester
  • Smithfieldtypically 0.6 miles · 37% of its area within half a mile · 17 camerasMap of Smithfield
  • Roanoketypically 0.7 miles · 35% of its area within half a mile · 31 camerasMap of Roanoke
  • Chantillytypically 0.7 miles · 31% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Chantilly
  • Dale Citytypically 0.7 miles · 29% of its area within half a mile · 11 camerasMap of Dale City
  • Fredericksburgtypically 0.7 miles · 31% of its area within half a mile · 14 camerasMap of Fredericksburg
  • Petersburgtypically 0.8 miles · 29% of its area within half a mile · 12 camerasMap of Petersburg
  • Restontypically 0.8 miles · 28% of its area within half a mile · 18 camerasMap of Reston
  • Tuckahoetypically 0.8 miles · 24% of its area within half a mile · 13 camerasMap of Tuckahoe
  • Centrevilletypically 0.9 miles · 22% of its area within half a mile · 13 camerasMap of Centreville
  • Lynchburgtypically 0.9 miles · 19% of its area within half a mile · 18 camerasMap of Lynchburg
  • Galaxtypically 0.9 miles · 23% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of Galax
  • Danvilletypically 1 mile · 20% of its area within half a mile · 20 camerasMap of Danville
  • McLeantypically 1 mile · 16% of its area within half a mile · 10 camerasMap of McLean
  • Suffolktypically 2.2 miles · 10% of its area within half a mile · 154 camerasMap of Suffolk
  • Chesapeaketypically 2.5 miles · 10% of its area within half a mile · 88 camerasMap of Chesapeake

Smaller places with mapped cameras

Places in Virginia with fewer than 10 mapped cameras are not measured, because a few pins say little about a whole place. These are the largest of them.

Another 199 places in Virginia have a mapped camera and are not listed here.

Who is recorded as running them

In Virginia, 1,288 of 3,544 mapped cameras carry an operator tag, which is 36% of the cameras here.

  • Public agency1,078 cameras
  • Private151 cameras
  • Camera company41 cameras
  • Other18 cameras
  • Not recorded2,256 cameras

The kinds are read from the operator names mappers typed. A name is counted as private only when it plainly belongs to a business, an association or another private owner; a name the rules cannot place is counted as other; and where no operator is recorded the camera is not assumed to be anybody’s. The method page sets out how a name is sorted into a kind.

How these figures are worked out

Every camera here is a pin a volunteer added to OpenStreetMap, so each count is a floor. A place is its U.S. Census Bureau boundary, and a camera belongs to it when its pin falls inside. For each measured place, a grid of sample points is laid inside the boundary, and the typical distance is the median straight-line distance from those points to the nearest mapped camera of any make.