Flock & ALPR Cameras in Smithfield, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 16 automated license plate readers in and around Smithfield — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Smithfield in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Smithfield
The readers mapped around Smithfield break down as 16 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Smithfield Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Mar 2022; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Cypress Creek Parkway — 2 readers
- Middle Street — 2 readers
- VA 10 — 2 readers
- Courthouse Highway — 1 reader
- Pole Road — 1 reader
- West Main Street — 1 reader
- Park to Park Trail — 1 reader
- Battery Park Road — 1 reader
- North Church Street — 1 reader
- Old Stage Highway — 1 reader
- Great Spring Road — 1 reader
- Cary Street — 1 reader
+ 1 more streets and roads mapped around Smithfield — all on the live map above.
Smithfield VA PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Smithfield VA PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 51 other agencies.
Smithfield in the Isle of Wight County picture
Isle of Wight County has 25 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #333 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 15.5% nationally. That’s across 39,444 residents and 1,303 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 29.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 16 traffic. Operators named on the record: Smithfield Police Department (9).
Camera activity around Smithfield, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Smithfield. Latest change logged Aug 30, 2026.
What’s watching Smithfield
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 Smithfield — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Smithfield (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Smithfield
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 Smithfield
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).