License plate readers in Fairfax, VA
Volunteers have documented 38 automated license plate readers inside Fairfax. That is the 12th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 1.2% of the statewide total. At 6.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 92% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's.
Updated August 14, 2026.
38
readers documented
6.1
per square mile
12th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
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 Safety38 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 30 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Lowe's (2), Fairfax City VA PD (1), [Insight Public Sector Inc] (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (14), street lamp (1)
- Coverage area
- 6.2 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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