Flock & ALPR Cameras in South Riding, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around South Riding — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 9 License plate reader newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in South Riding
The readers mapped around South Riding break down as 5 Flock Safety, 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Riding Plaza — 4 readers
- Riding Center Drive — 1 reader
- Dulles West Boulevard — 1 reader
- Braddock Road — 1 reader
South Riding in the Loudoun County picture
Loudoun County has 48 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,707 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 427,082 residents and 2,530 road miles. By road density that is 0.02 cameras per road mile, in the top 30% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic, 1 parking_entrance. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (4).
Camera activity around South Riding, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for South Riding. Latest change logged Sep 9, 2026.
What’s watching South Riding
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 South Riding — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to South Riding (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in South Riding
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 South Riding
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).