License plate readers in Reston, VA
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside Reston. That is the 25th-largest total among the 48 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 15.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 68% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
18
readers documented
1.2
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
- 12 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (3)
- Coverage area
- 15.3 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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