License plate readers in Hampton, VA
Volunteers have documented 158 automated license plate readers inside Hampton. That is the 3rd-largest total among the 48 Virginia cities indexed here, and 4.5% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,395 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 131 on poles and 6 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 9, 2026.
158
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
3rd
of 48 indexed Virginia cities · 66th of 2,395 nationally
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 · 80%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Genetec2 · 1%
- Other vendors29 · 18%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 157 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Hampton Police Division (115), Hampton University Police Department (7), Lowe's (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (131), street lamp (6)
- Coverage area
- 51.5 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Virginia ALPR law (21 days retention)
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