License plate readers in Richmond, VA
Volunteers have documented 142 automated license plate readers inside Richmond. That is the 4th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 4.4% of the statewide total. At 2.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 68% of the 2,231 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 79 on poles and 17 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
142
readers documented
2.4
per square mile
4th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
4.4%
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 Safety125 · 88%
- Leonardo/ELSAG16 · 11%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 137 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Richmond Police Department (58), Flock Safety (8), Lowe's (8). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (79), street lamp (17), wall (16), traffic signal (11), utility pole (6)
- Coverage area
- 59.9 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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