License plate readers in Reston, VA
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside Reston. That is the 21st-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 15.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 66% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged The Home Depot.
Updated August 14, 2026.
18
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
21st
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
0.6%
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 Safety15 · 83%
- Unknown3 · 17%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 12 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- The Home Depot (1). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (3)
- Coverage area
- 15.3 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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