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Cameras in Norfolk, VA
248 mapped plate readers and a speed and red light camera program in Norfolk.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Norfolk, by camera type.
Norfolk: 248 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Portsmouth 141, Chesapeake 91, Virginia Beach 251 and Hampton 159.
Speed cameras in Norfolk
Norfolk runs a speed and red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Speed and red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Public list City of Norfolk ↗ · current status not dated
The law, in short:
Va. Code 46.2-882.1.
Red light cameras in Norfolk
The same program covers red light cameras, not yet on this map.
License plate readers in Norfolk
248 plate readers are on the map in Norfolk, and 222 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. 191 of 248 say who runs them. Norfolk Police Department is tagged on 165.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 27, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. 155 of the 248 were first mapped in 2025, with 54 in March alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Norfolk Police Department and Norfolk State University Police Department as agencies that use plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Norfolk
The Norfolk 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.
Norfolk Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 175
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 31
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Norfolk Housing Authority
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- Not stated
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 17
No transparency portal listed, Oct 14, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
Get one summary email a month on new plate readers in Norfolk
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Norfolk
No traffic camera feed is listed for Norfolk yet.
Camera tickets in Norfolk
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Know when cameras in Norfolk change.
Free email alerts for cameras on your routes that start issuing tickets. One summary email a month.
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- New cameras mapped or reported near you
- What plate readers keep, and who runs them
- Your street, your distance, the camera types you pick
156,883 cameras listed or mapped 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.
- City of Norfolk: speed and red light camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 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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