Cameras / Virginia / Arlington
License plate readers in Arlington, VA
Volunteers have documented 40 automated license plate readers inside Arlington. That is the 11th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 1.2% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.5 per square mile places Arlington near the middle of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Simon Property Group.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 13, 2026.
40
readers documented
1.5
per square mile
11th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities · 608th of 2,432 nationally
1.2%
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 Safety33 · 83%
- Leonardo/ELSAG2 · 5%
- Other vendors5 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Simon Property Group (1), Metropolitan Washington Airports Authori (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- wall (3), pole (2), Digital construction sign (1), traffic signal (1), trailer (1)
- Coverage area
- 26 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Virginia ALPR law (21 days retention)
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