Cameras / Virginia / Newport News
License plate readers in Newport News, VA
Volunteers have documented 109 automated license plate readers inside Newport News. That is the 6th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 3.4% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Newport News near the middle of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 103 on poles and 3 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
109
readers documented
1.6
per square mile
6th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
3.4%
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 Safety106 · 97%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 3%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 105 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Newport News Police Department (93), Flock Safety (4), Lowe's (3). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (103), street lamp (3), deflocked by 10w laser. (1)
- Coverage area
- 69 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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