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Cameras in Virginia Beach, VA
251 mapped plate readers, a speed camera program and a red light camera program in Virginia Beach.
Plate readers © OpenStreetMap contributors · © OpenMapTiles
Virginia Beach, by camera type.
Virginia Beach: 251 plate readers mapped. Nearby: Norfolk 248, Chesapeake 91, Portsmouth 141 and Hampton 159.
Speed cameras in Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach runs a speed camera program (running, as of Feb 2026), not yet on this map.
1 speed or red light camera is on the map, counted apart from official lists.
- School-zone speed cameras · Running (as of Feb 2026) Public list City of Virginia Beach ↗
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 Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach runs a red light camera program (running, checked Oct 23, 2026), not yet on this map.
- Red light cameras · Running (checked Oct 23, 2026) Virginia Beach 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).
License plate readers in Virginia Beach
251 plate readers are on the map in Virginia Beach, and 189 of them carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them. Virginia Beach Police Department is tagged on 32.
First-mapped dates here run from Nov 27, 2024 to Oct 14, 2026. 212 of the 251 were first mapped in 2026, with 134 in August alone.
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Virginia Beach Police Department as an agency that uses plate readers.
Who can search plate reads in Virginia Beach
The Virginia Beach Police Department’s transparency portal does not list who can search its plate reads (Oct 13, 2026). Its portal says it keeps each read for 21 days.
Virginia Beach Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 91
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 28
Its transparency portal, as of Oct 13, 2026 · See its sharing lists, as of Oct 14, 2026
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Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
Traffic cameras in Virginia Beach
No traffic camera feed is listed for Virginia Beach yet.
Camera tickets in Virginia Beach
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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.
- City of Virginia Beach: school-zone speed camera program, running, as of Feb 2026
- Virginia Beach Police: red light camera program, running, checked Oct 23, 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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