Cameras / Virginia / Virginia Beach
License plate readers in Virginia Beach, VA
Volunteers have documented 145 automated license plate readers inside Virginia Beach. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 4.5% of the statewide total. Its 0.6 readers per square mile spread across 244.7 square miles — thinner coverage than 89% of the 2,231 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 92% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Lowe's. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 46 on poles and 13 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
145
readers documented
0.6
per square mile
2nd
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
4.5%
of Virginia’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety133 · 92%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 1%
- Genetec3 · 2%
- Other vendors7 · 5%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 141 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Virginia Beach Police Department (32), Lowe's (5), Flock Safety (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (46), street lamp (13), traffic signal (3), 2 (1), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 244.7 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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