Flock & ALPR Cameras in Richmond, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 86 automated license plate readers in and around Richmond — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Oct 7 Leonardo camera newly reported
- Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Sep 7 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Richmond
The readers mapped around Richmond break down as 68 Flock Safety, 16 Leonardo, 1 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Richmond Police Department, Lowe's, Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2024; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- West Broad Street — 8 readers
- West Cary Street — 7 readers
- North Harrison Street — 5 readers
- Hull Street — 3 readers
- Saint James Street — 3 readers
- East Leigh Street — 3 readers
- East Marshall Street — 3 readers
- North Belvidere Street — 3 readers
- Hermitage Road — 2 readers
- Mosby Street — 2 readers
- Midlothian Turnpike — 2 readers
- Forest Hill Avenue — 2 readers
+ 18 more streets and roads mapped around Richmond — all on the live map above.
Richmond VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Richmond VA PD runs 103 cameras of its own, has logged 917 plate-database searches, has captured 651,604 vehicle records. Its network connects to 298 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Connected agencies include: Accomack County VA SO, Alexandria VA PD, Altavista VA PD, Amelia County VA SO, Amherst County VA SO, Appomattox County VA SO, Arlington County VA PD, Augusta County VA SO.
Richmond in the Richmond city picture
Richmond city has 132 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #399 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 18.6% nationally. That’s across 227,595 residents and 549 road miles. By road density that is 0.24 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 82 traffic, 1 street. Operators named on the record: Richmond Police Department (36), Lowe's (6), Flock Safety (5).
Camera activity around Richmond, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Richmond. Latest change logged Sep 7, 2026.
What’s watching Richmond
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 Richmond — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Richmond (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Richmond
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Richmond, VA
- Both Virginia and Richmond propose changes to Flock Safety cameras amongst backlash
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Richmond, VA
- Virginia won’t say which law enforcement agencies are breaking surveillance camera laws
What you can do in Richmond
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 Richmond
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).