Cameras / WV
License plate readers in West Virginia
253 cameras have been documented in West Virginia. That is the 43rd-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 0.2% of the 144,275 documented nationwide. Parkersburg has the most of any city in the state, with 24 — 9.5% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 35 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 69%. 35 of them stand in the 2 cities listed below. 218 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed September 30, 2026.
253
cameras documented statewide
43rd
most-documented of 52 states and territories
35
in listed cities
218
outside city limits
Who makes them
Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.
- Flock Safety24
- Motorola Solutions1
- Genetec1
- Leonardo/ELSAG1
- Unknown8
By city
| City | Cameras | Per square mile |
|---|---|---|
| Parkersburg | 24 | 2.04 |
| Morgantown | 11 | 1.08 |
Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.
Explore this data further
- Who operates West Virginia’s cameras — police, HOAs, and retailers →
- Every ALPR manufacturer compared nationally →
- Download this data as CSV or GeoJSON →
- How the national count is measured →
- What a Flock camera is and how it works →
- What the cameras look like, and how to spot one →
- What residents can and cannot opt out of →
- How state license plate reader laws compare →
West Virginia ranks 43rd of 52 by documented cameras. Puerto Rico (259) ranks just above, and South Dakota (182) just below.