Cameras / South Carolina / Columbia
License plate readers in Columbia, SC
Volunteers have documented 68 automated license plate readers inside Columbia. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 36 South Carolina cities indexed here, and 3.2% of the statewide total. Its 0.5 readers per square mile spread across 139.4 square miles — thinner coverage than 94% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 27, 2026.
68
readers documented
0.5
per square mile
3rd
of 36 indexed South Carolina cities · 285th of 2,395 nationally
3.2%
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 Safety59 · 87%
- Motorola Solutions5 · 7%
- Genetec2 · 3%
- Neology1 · 1%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 67 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), street lamp (4)
- Coverage area
- 139.4 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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