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South Carolina has 2,174 mapped plate readers. 1,975 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
Greenville has the most (75), then Sumter (70) and Columbia (60). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 27, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in South Carolina by city
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Plate readers mapped in South Carolina each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. Each one carries the date it was first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 65 | 5 in Anderson and 5 in Florence |
| Sep 2026 | 123 | 18 in Sumter and 9 in Columbia |
| Aug 2026 | 249 | 22 in Columbia and 13 in Forest Acres |
| Jul 2026 | 246 | 14 in Sumter and 11 in North Charleston |
| Jun 2026 | 130 | 17 in Bluffton and 7 in Greenville |
| May 2026 | 85 | 6 in Columbia and 4 in Beaufort |
| Apr 2026 | 109 | 10 in Goose Creek and 4 in Bluffton |
| Mar 2026 | 87 | 9 in Columbia and 9 in Greenville |
| Feb 2026 | 113 | 7 in Hilton Head Island and 5 in Conway |
| Jan 2026 | 174 | 13 in Conway and 8 in Sumter |
| Dec 2025 | 157 | 10 in Florence and 9 in Chester |
| Nov 2025 | 159 | 15 in Florence and 8 in Fort Mill |
Who runs the Flock cameras in South Carolina
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 74 agencies in South Carolina that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 55
- [City of Florence PD] 19
- Mount Pleasant Police Department 11
- City of Florence PD 4
- Seneca Police Department 4
- Westminster Police Department 4
- PCSO 2
- West Union Police Department 2
- Catawba Nation Tribal Police Department 1
- Spartanburg Regional Medical Center 1
Plate reader law in South Carolina
| Topic | South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Status | No state law found |
| Public records law | South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, S.C. Code § 30-4-10 et seq. |
| Checked |
See South Carolina plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in South Carolina: questions
How many Flock cameras are in South Carolina?
1,975 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in South Carolina, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in South Carolina have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: Greenville (75), Sumter (70) and Columbia (60). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 8 of the 1,975 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
South Carolina's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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2,174 cameras listed or mapped in South Carolina so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: plate reader laws by state, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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