Flock & ALPR Cameras in Merrifield, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 11 automated license plate readers in and around Merrifield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Merrifield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 10:26 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Merrifield
The readers mapped around Merrifield break down as 11 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Strawberry Lane — 2 readers
- District Avenue — 2 readers
- New Providence Drive — 2 readers
- Merrilee Drive — 1 reader
- Glass Alley — 1 reader
- Yates Way — 1 reader
- Merrifield Cinema Drive — 1 reader
- Merrifield Town Center — 1 reader
Merrifield in the Fairfax County picture
Fairfax County has 249 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,315 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 1,144,474 residents and 3,084 road miles. By road density that is 0.08 cameras per road mile, in the top 6.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic.
Camera activity around Merrifield, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Merrifield. Latest change logged Aug 14, 2026.
What’s watching Merrifield
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 Merrifield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Merrifield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Merrifield
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 Merrifield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).