Cameras / Virginia / Alexandria
License plate readers in Alexandria, VA
Volunteers have documented 74 automated license plate readers inside Alexandria. That is the 9th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 2.3% of the statewide total. At 5.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 89% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units.
Updated August 14, 2026.
74
readers documented
5.0
per square mile
9th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
2.3%
of Virginia’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 Safety72 · 97%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 65 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (9), street lamp (3)
- Coverage area
- 14.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: What a Flock camera looks like · How ALPRs work · Virginia ALPR law
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