Flock & ALPR Cameras in Winchester, Virginia
Volunteers have reported 34 automated license plate readers in and around Winchester — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Oct 6 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
- Oct 5 Axon Enterprise camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 14 new license plate readers just reported around Winchester, VA. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #Winchester
Where the cameras are in Winchester
The readers mapped around Winchester break down as 9 Flock Safety, 1 Genetec. Named operators in the reports: Lowe's. The first camera here was reported in Jun 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- Market Street — 2 readers
- Adams Drive — 2 readers
- Patsy Cline Boulevard — 2 readers
- Frederick County — 1 reader
- Berryville Pike — 1 reader
- Security Drive — 1 reader
- Greenwood Road — 1 reader
Winchester in the Winchester city picture
Winchester city has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,584 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 27,981 residents and 124 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 19.5% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic. Operators named on the record: Lowe's (4).
Camera activity around Winchester, last 30 days
2 newly reported, 1 removed in our hourly change log for Winchester. Latest change logged Aug 31, 2026.
What’s watching Winchester
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 Winchester — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Winchester (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Winchester
- 14 new license plate readers reported around Winchester, VA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Winchester, VA
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Winchester, VA
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Winchester, VA
What you can do in Winchester
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 Winchester
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).