License plate readers in Chester, VA
Volunteers have documented 17 automated license plate readers inside Chester. That is the 25th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.3 readers per square mile spread across 13.2 square miles — thinner coverage than 61% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
17
readers documented
1.3
per square mile
25th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
0.5%
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 Safety17 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 13 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office (3), Lowe's (2), CCPD (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (7)
- Coverage area
- 13.2 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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