License plate readers in Hampton, VA
Volunteers have documented 144 automated license plate readers inside Hampton. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 4.5% of the statewide total. At 2.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 130 on poles and 6 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
144
readers documented
2.8
per square mile
3rd
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
4.5%
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 Safety126 · 88%
- Other vendors18 · 13%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 143 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Hampton Police Division (115), Hampton University Police Department (7), Lowe's (4). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (130), street lamp (6)
- Coverage area
- 51.5 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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