Flock & ALPR Cameras in Virginia Beach city, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 252 automated license plate readers across Virginia Beach city — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 5 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Genetec camera newly reported
- Oct 3 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 1 Axis Communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Norfolk, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Norfolk
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Virginia Beach, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #VirginiaBeach
📷 18 new license plate readers just reported around Virginia Beach, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #VirginiaBeach
How Virginia Beach city compares nationally
Virginia Beach city ranks #1,604 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. The count covers 457,066 residents and 1,759 miles of county roads — 1.3784 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching Virginia Beach city
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside Virginia Beach city. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Virginia Beach
- 3 license plate readers reported removed near Virginia Beach, VA
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Virginia Beach, VA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Virginia Beach, VA
- 2 license plate readers reported removed near Virginia Beach, VA
What you can do in Virginia Beach
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.