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/

2,152 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 144,275 documented nationwide. Greenville has the most of any city in the state, with 80 — 3.7% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 985 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 87%. 985 of them stand in the 36 cities listed below. 1,167 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 8, 2026.

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2,152
cameras documented statewide
21st
most-documented of 52 states and territories
985
in listed cities
1,167
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	69	0.50
Florence	57	2.29
Charleston	48	0.42
Conway	45	1.61
Greenwood	43	2.58
Hartsville	41	6.81
Rock Hill	39	0.87
Bluffton	37	0.71
North Charleston	30	0.38
Mount Pleasant	28	0.56
Cheraw	26	4.37
Summerville	25	1.11
Travelers Rest	24	3.85
Spartanburg	24	1.18
Fort Mill	22	1.13
Simpsonville	21	2.16
Beaufort	20	0.82
Forest Acres	19	4.09
Goose Creek	18	0.41
Hilton Head Island	16	0.39
Anderson	16	0.97
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 21st of 52 by documented cameras. Louisiana (2,190) ranks just above, and Wisconsin (2,108) just below.