License plate readers in Richmond, VA
Volunteers have documented 156 automated license plate readers inside Richmond. That is the 4th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 4.6% of the statewide total. At 2.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 67% of the 2,431 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 76 on poles and 18 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed November 3, 2026.
156
readers documented
2.6
per square mile
4th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities · 72nd of 2,431 nationally
4.6%
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 Safety132 · 85%
- Leonardo/ELSAG22 · 14%
- Unknown2 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 142 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Richmond Police Department (58), Lowe's (9), Flock Safety (8). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (76), street lamp (18), wall (16), traffic signal (11), utility pole (6)
- Coverage area
- 59.9 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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