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Cameras in Richmond, VA
156 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Richmond.
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Richmond, by camera type.
Richmond: 156 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Williamsburg 42, Newport News 130, Hampton 159 and Suffolk 147.
Speed cameras in Richmond
Richmond runs a speed camera program (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
63 speed or red light cameras are on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Aug 2026) City of Richmond ↗
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 Richmond
Richmond runs a red light camera program (running, as of Aug 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (as of Aug 2026) City of Richmond ↗
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 Richmond
156 plate readers are on the map in Richmond, and 132 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Richmond Police Department is tagged on 58.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 13, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. 93 of the 156 were first mapped in 2026, with 34 in February alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 4 agencies based in Richmond that use plate readers, among them Richmond Police Department.
Who can search plate reads in Richmond
136 agencies can search reads from the Richmond Police Department’s plate readers, by its posted sharing list (Oct 14, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 7 days.
Richmond Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- 136
- Other organizations on its list
- 1
- Keeps each read for
- 7 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 103
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 232
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 Richmond
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Richmond
No traffic camera feed is listed for Richmond yet.
Camera tickets in Richmond
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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 Richmond: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Aug 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, speed and red light cameras, 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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