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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Abingdon, Virginia

Volunteers have reported 1 automated license plate readers in and around Abingdon — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 1 reported cameras around Abingdon, Virginia

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Abingdon

No new reports near Abingdon in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:03 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Abingdon

The readers mapped around Abingdon break down as 1 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. Every report here dates to Jun 2025.

Falcon Place Boulevard — 1 reader

Abingdon in the Washington County picture

Washington County has 3 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,957 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 53,913 residents and 2,439 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 87.7% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 1 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (1).

What’s watching Abingdon

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 Abingdon — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Abingdon (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Abingdon

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.

Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.

Cameras near Abingdon

Bristol (6) Lebanon (2) Chilhowie (3) Castlewood (6)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).