Flock & ALPR Cameras in Hillsville, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Hillsville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Hillsville in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:18 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Hillsville
The readers mapped around Hillsville break down as 8 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Sylvatus Smith Highway — 1 reader
- Wysor Highway — 1 reader
- East Stuart Drive — 1 reader
- North Main Street — 1 reader
- Winding Ridge Road — 1 reader
- Floyd Pike — 1 reader
- South Main Street — 1 reader
- Carrollton Pike — 1 reader
Hillsville VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Hillsville VA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 57 other agencies.
Hillsville in the Carroll County picture
Carroll County has 14 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #563 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 29,158 residents and 2,277 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 55.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 8 traffic.
Camera activity around Hillsville, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Hillsville. Latest change logged Sep 2, 2026.
What’s watching Hillsville
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 Hillsville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Hillsville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Hillsville
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 Hillsville
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).