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Cameras in Hampton, VA
159 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Hampton.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Hampton, by camera type.
Hampton: 159 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Newport News 130, Norfolk 248, Portsmouth 141 and Chesapeake 91.
Speed cameras in Hampton
Hampton runs a speed camera program (running, as of Jan 2025), not yet on this map.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Jan 2025) Virginia State Police ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Va. Code § 15.2-968.1 (red light, citation not yet confirmed), § 46.2-882.1 (speed: school crossing zones, work zones, high-risk intersection segments, PD8 safety red zones).
Red light cameras in Hampton
Hampton runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 24, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 24, 2026) City of Hampton, Red Light Traffic Cameras ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Va. Code § 15.2-968.1 (red light, citation not yet confirmed), § 46.2-882.1 (speed: school crossing zones, work zones, high-risk intersection segments, PD8 safety red zones).
License plate readers in Hampton
159 plate readers are on the map in Hampton, and 127 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 132 of 159 say who runs them. Hampton Police Division is tagged on 115.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 17, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. 87 of the 159 were first mapped in 2025, with 31 in January alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Hampton Police Division as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Hampton
The Hampton Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Hampton Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 94
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 45
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Hampton
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Hampton
No traffic camera feed is listed for Hampton yet.
Camera tickets in Hampton
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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.
- Virginia State Police: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Jan 2025
- City of Hampton, Red Light Traffic Cameras: red light camera program, running, checked Oct 24, 2026
- 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
- US Census Bureau: city boundary (cartographic file 2025)
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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