Cameras / South Carolina / North Charleston
License plate readers in North Charleston, SC
Volunteers have documented 32 automated license plate readers inside North Charleston. That is the 11th-largest total among the 37 South Carolina cities indexed here, and 1.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.4 readers per square mile spread across 78 square miles — thinner coverage than 96% of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's and Simon Property Group.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 23, 2026.
32
readers documented
0.4
per square mile
11th
of 37 indexed South Carolina cities · 781st of 2,432 nationally
1.5%
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 Safety26 · 81%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 3%
- Genetec2 · 6%
- Neology1 · 3%
- Other vendors1 · 3%
- Unknown1 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 30 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (5), Simon Property Group (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (8), street lamp (1), building (1)
- Coverage area
- 78 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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