Cameras / Virginia / Christiansburg
License plate readers in Christiansburg, VA
Volunteers have documented 10 automated license plate readers inside Christiansburg. That is the 42nd-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. Its 0.7 readers per square mile spread across 14.7 square miles — thinner coverage than 86% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 90% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Every mount volunteers recorded here is the same kind: poles.
Updated August 14, 2026.
10
readers documented
0.7
per square mile
42nd
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
0.3%
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 Safety9 · 90%
- Neology1 · 10%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 10 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Christiansburg Police Department (5), Lowe's (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (9)
- Coverage area
- 14.7 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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