License plate readers in South Carolina

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in South Carolina
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

2,169 cameras have been documented in South Carolina. That is the 21st-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.5% of the 146,149 documented nationwide. Greenville has the most of any city in the state, with 73 — 3.4% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 997 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 86%. 997 of them stand in the 37 cities listed below. 1,172 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed November 12, 2026.

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2,169
cameras documented statewide
21st
most-documented of 52 states and territories
997
in listed cities
1,172
outside city limits

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Greenville	73	2.37
Sumter	71	2.14
Columbia	69	0.50
Florence	58	2.33
Charleston	49	0.43
Conway	45	1.61
Greenwood	44	2.64
Rock Hill	42	0.94
Hartsville	41	6.81
Bluffton	34	0.65
North Charleston	32	0.41
Mount Pleasant	28	0.56
Cheraw	26	4.37
Summerville	26	1.15
Fort Mill	25	1.28
Travelers Rest	24	3.85
Spartanburg	24	1.18
Simpsonville	22	2.27
Beaufort	20	0.82
Forest Acres	19	4.09
Goose Creek	18	0.41
Hilton Head Island	16	0.39
North Myrtle Beach	16	0.71
Anderson	15	0.91
Lexington	14	1.11
St. Andrews	14	2.33
Laurens	14	1.37
Chester	14	3.44
Orangeburg	13	1.44
Myrtle Beach	12	0.51
Camden	12	1.08
Greer	12	0.49
Clemson University	12	5.67
Clemson	11	1.38
Moncks Corner	11	0.96
Mayesville	11	10.74
Hardeeville	10	0.17

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.

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South Carolina ranks 21st of 52 by documented cameras. Washington (2,279) ranks just above, and Kansas (2,113) just below.