Cameras / Virginia / Newport News
License plate readers in Newport News, VA
Volunteers have documented 130 automated license plate readers inside Newport News. That is the 7th-largest total among the 48 Virginia cities indexed here, and 3.7% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.9 per square mile places Newport News near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 103 on poles and 4 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 18, 2026.
130
readers documented
1.9
per square mile
7th
of 48 indexed Virginia cities · 98th of 2,395 nationally
3.7%
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 Safety109 · 84%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 2%
- Other vendors18 · 14%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 126 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Newport News Police Department (93), Flock Safety (4), Lowe's (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (103), street lamp (4), deflocked by 10w laser. (1)
- Coverage area
- 69 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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