Flock & ALPR Cameras in Blythewood, South Carolina
Volunteers have reported 18 automated license plate readers in and around Blythewood — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Blythewood in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 15:30 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Blythewood
The readers mapped around Blythewood break down as 16 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: RichlandCountySheriffDepartment. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Hell Valley Road — 4 readers
- Blythewood Road — 2 readers
- Kendrick Road — 1 reader
- Long Pointe Lane — 1 reader
- Lake Carolina Boulevard — 1 reader
- Bud Keef Road — 1 reader
- Lake Carolina Drive — 1 reader
- Vendue Lane — 1 reader
- Summit Parkway — 1 reader
- Channel Drive — 1 reader
- Ashland Boulevard — 1 reader
- Longreen Parkway — 1 reader
+ 2 more streets and roads mapped around Blythewood — all on the live map above.
Blythewood in the Richland County picture
Richland County has 94 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,287 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 418,725 residents and 3,315 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 22.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 17 traffic, 1 residential. Operators named on the record: RichlandCountySheriffDepartment (1).
Camera activity around Blythewood, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Blythewood. Latest change logged Aug 21, 2026.
What’s watching Blythewood
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Blythewood — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Blythewood (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Blythewood
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Blythewood
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).