Cameras / Virginia / Williamsburg
License plate readers in Williamsburg, VA
Volunteers have documented 39 automated license plate readers inside Williamsburg. That is the 11th-largest total among the 45 Virginia cities indexed here, and 1.2% of the statewide total. At 4.4 per square mile it is more densely covered than 87% of the 2,231 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 32 on poles and 4 on street lamps.
Updated August 14, 2026.
39
readers documented
4.4
per square mile
11th
of 45 indexed Virginia cities
1.2%
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 Safety39 · 100%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 39 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Williamsburg Police Department (23), College of William and Mary (9), James City County Police Department (2). Who operates these cameras nationally →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (32), street lamp (4), street sign (1)
- Coverage area
- 8.9 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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