Flock & ALPR Cameras in Roanoke, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 18 automated license plate readers in and around Roanoke — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Roanoke in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Roanoke
The readers mapped around Roanoke break down as 18 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Roanoke Police Department, Roanoke Police Department . The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Lick Run Greenway — 2 readers
- I 581;US 220 — 2 readers
- Melrose Avenue Northwest — 2 readers
- Orange Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
- Patterson Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
- Campbell Avenue Southwest — 1 reader
- Liberty Road Northeast — 1 reader
- South Jefferson Street — 1 reader
- Williamson Road Southeast — 1 reader
- Andrews Road Northwest — 1 reader
- Hershberger Road Northwest — 1 reader
- Hunt Avenue Northwest — 1 reader
+ 3 more streets and roads mapped around Roanoke — all on the live map above.
Roanoke VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Roanoke VA PD runs 2 cameras of its own, has logged 109 plate-database searches, has captured 106,882 vehicle records. Its network connects to 58 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Roanoke in the Roanoke city picture
Roanoke city has 33 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #926 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 98,677 residents and 603 road miles. By road density that is 0.05 cameras per road mile, in the top 11.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 16 traffic. Operators named on the record: Roanoke Police Department (3), Roanoke Police Department (1).
What’s watching Roanoke
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 Roanoke — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Roanoke (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Roanoke
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Roanoke, VA
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- New chapter on the network: DeFlock Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
What you can do in Roanoke
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 Roanoke
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).