Flock & ALPR Cameras in Arlington, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 21 automated license plate readers in and around Arlington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Arlington, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Arlington
Where the cameras are in Arlington
The readers mapped around Arlington break down as 18 Flock Safety, 3 Leonardo. Named operators in the reports: Arlington County Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Washington Boulevard — 3 readers
- North Edgewood Street — 2 readers
- Lorcom Lane — 2 readers
- North Highland Street — 2 readers
- Wilson Boulevard — 2 readers
- Columbia Pike — 2 readers
- Clarendon Boulevard — 2 readers
- Arlington Boulevard Trail — 1 reader
- South Kenmore Street — 1 reader
- Fairfax Drive — 1 reader
- North Fillmore Street — 1 reader
- North Pershing Drive — 1 reader
+ 1 more streets and roads mapped around Arlington — all on the live map above.
Arlington in the Arlington County picture
Arlington County has 51 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,324 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 235,463 residents and 272 road miles. By road density that is 0.19 cameras per road mile, in the top 1.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Arlington County Police Department (2).
Camera activity around Arlington, last 30 days
10 newly reported, 7 removed in our hourly change log for Arlington. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Arlington
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 Arlington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Arlington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Arlington
- Local Virginia GOP chair says Arlington County officials prioritize illegal immigrants over public safety
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Arlington, VA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Arlington, VA
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Arlington, VA
What you can do in Arlington
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 Arlington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).