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/

2,129 cameras have been documented in South Carolina. That is the 20th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 1.5% of the 143,314 documented nationwide. Greenville has the most of any city in the state, with 80 — 3.8% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 975 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 87%. 975 of them stand in the 36 cities listed below. 1,154 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.

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2,129
cameras documented statewide
20th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
975
in listed cities
1,154
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	80	2.59
Sumter	70	2.11
Columbia	68	0.49
Florence	55	2.21
Charleston	48	0.42
Conway	45	1.61
Hartsville	41	6.81
Greenwood	40	2.40
Rock Hill	37	0.82
Bluffton	37	0.71
Mount Pleasant	28	0.56
Cheraw	26	4.37
Summerville	25	1.11
North Charleston	24	0.31
Travelers Rest	24	3.85
Spartanburg	24	1.18
Fort Mill	22	1.13
Simpsonville	21	2.16
Anderson	21	1.27
Beaufort	20	0.82
Forest Acres	19	4.09
Goose Creek	17	0.39
Hilton Head Island	16	0.39
North Myrtle Beach	15	0.66
Lexington	14	1.11
St. Andrews	14	2.33
Laurens	14	1.37
Chester	14	3.44
Camden	13	1.17
Greer	13	0.53
Orangeburg	13	1.44
Myrtle Beach	12	0.51
Clemson University	12	5.67
Clemson	11	1.38
Moncks Corner	11	0.96
Mayesville	11	10.74

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 20th of 52 by documented cameras. New Jersey (2,335) ranks just above, and Wisconsin (2,121) just below.