Flock & ALPR Cameras in Reston, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Reston — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 29 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Reston
The readers mapped around Reston break down as 10 Flock Safety, 3 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Cameron Pond Drive — 3 readers
- Dulles Toll Road — 2 readers
- Centennial Park Drive — 2 readers
- Bowman Towne Drive — 1 reader
- Reston Station Boulevard — 1 reader
- Reston Parkway — 1 reader
- Stevenage Road — 1 reader
- Wiehle Avenue — 1 reader
- Links Drive — 1 reader
Reston 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, 1 parking. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (1).
What’s watching Reston
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 Reston — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Reston (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Reston
What you can do in Reston
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.
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Cameras near Reston
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).