Cameras / Virginia / Lynchburg
License plate readers in Lynchburg, VA
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside Lynchburg. That is the 25th-largest total among the 48 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.4 readers per square mile spread across 48.9 square miles — thinner coverage than 97% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. No manufacturer was recorded for 72% of them, so the vendor mix here is less certain than the count.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.
18
readers documented
0.4
per square mile
25th
of 48 indexed Virginia cities · 1,358th of 2,395 nationally
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.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 15 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (3)
- Coverage area
- 48.9 square miles of land inside city limits.
Contract decision on record
In Sep 3, 2026, Lynchburg declined to renew its Flock Safety contract. Council voted to end the Flock agreement, keeping the system switched off until the contract expires in April 2027 and then removing the city's 15 plate readers and 54 gunshot detectors; days later it voted down resolutions to remove them sooner. Reported by WSET.
Cameras can still appear in the record above after a decision like this one. These locations change only when a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap, and a decision date is not a removal date. See this decision in the cancellation tracker →
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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