Cameras / South Carolina / Charleston
License plate readers in Charleston, SC
Volunteers have documented 48 automated license plate readers inside Charleston. That is the 5th-largest total among the 36 South Carolina cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. Its 0.4 readers per square mile spread across 115.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 96% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 85% of them.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 10, 2026.
48
readers documented
0.4
per square mile
5th
of 36 indexed South Carolina cities · 455th of 2,395 nationally
2.3%
of South Carolina’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety41 · 85%
- Other vendors1 · 2%
- Unknown6 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 24 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (4)
- Coverage area
- 115.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · How state ALPR laws compare
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