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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Chesterfield, Virginia

Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Chesterfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby
#161
of 307 Virginia cities tracked
0.1%
of Virginia’s reported cameras
Live camera map 5 reported cameras around Chesterfield, Virginia
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Chesterfield

No new reports near Chesterfield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 09:16 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Chesterfield

The readers mapped around Chesterfield break down as 4 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Chesterfield County Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.

  • Courthouse Road — 2 readers
  • Whitepine Road — 1 reader
  • Beach Road — 1 reader
  • Lucy Corr Boulevard — 1 reader

Chesterfield in the Chesterfield County picture

Chesterfield County has 120 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #957 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 371,610 residents and 2,657 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 13.4% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Chesterfield County Police Department (2).

What’s watching Chesterfield

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

The latest around Chesterfield

What you can do in Chesterfield

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.

Cameras near Chesterfield

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