Cameras / Virginia / Blacksburg
License plate readers in Blacksburg, VA
Volunteers have documented 24 automated license plate readers inside Blacksburg. That is the 14th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.8% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 19.8 square miles — thinner coverage than 64% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 88%, followed by Neology at 13%. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 15 on poles and 7 on traffic signals.
Updated August 14, 2026.
24
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
14th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
0.8%
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 Safety21 · 88%
- Neology3 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 23 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Virginia Tech Police Department (13), Blacksburg Police Department (11). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (15), traffic signal (7), street lamp (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 19.8 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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