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Williamsburg has 42 mapped plate readers. 42 carry the Flock Safety tag. 34 of 42 say who runs them.
They were first mapped between Nov 17, 2024 and Aug 20, 2026. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes. Whoever runs it sets how long, within state law.
Flock cameras in Williamsburg: locations by ZIP code
ZIP 23185 has the most (34), then 23188 (1). Mounted on, where known: 32 on poles and 4 on street lights.
| Where | Maker tag and operator | Facing | First mapped |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 17, 2024 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 17, 2024 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Nov 27, 2024 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: James City County Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jun 22, 2025 |
| Location on map Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces north (as mapped) | Nov 17, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces southwest (as mapped) | Nov 17, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Nov 27, 2024 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces west (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces east-northeast (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces east (as mapped) | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south (as mapped) | Apr 3, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: James City County Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Apr 6, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces north (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces east (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces west-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces south (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces north-northwest (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Faces northeast (as mapped) | Jul 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces west-northwest (as mapped) | Nov 2, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south-southeast (as mapped) | Nov 2, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Williamsburg Police Department | Faces south-southwest (as mapped) | Nov 7, 2025 ✓ |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces northwest (as mapped) | Dec 27, 2025 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: College of William and Mary | Direction not mapped | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces east-southeast (as mapped) | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 23185 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces south (as mapped) | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Near ZIP 23188 Show on map | Flock Safety Run by: Not listed yet | Faces southeast (as mapped) | Jun 24, 2025 |
Near you: nearest mapped Flock cameras.
Who runs the Flock cameras in Williamsburg
34 of 42 say who runs them.
- Williamsburg Police Department 23
- College of William and Mary 9
- James City County Police Department 2
What the Flock cameras in Williamsburg keep
- Records
- The plate of each car that passes, with the time and place. Often a photo of the car.
- Run by
- Tagged ones include Williamsburg Police Department (23).
- Kept for
- Not published on the map. Each operator sets its own. Flock Safety’s FAQ: “Flock recommends a 7-day default.”
- Who sees it
- Whoever runs it, and those it shares with.
- How to ask
- Read the operator's policy. Or ask the city for its records.
Who can search plate reads in Williamsburg
The Williamsburg 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.
Williamsburg Police Department
- Agencies on its posted sharing list
- Not stated
- Keeps each read for
- 21 days
- Plate readers its portal lists
- 32
- Agencies whose reads it can search
- 88
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 Williamsburg
Portal figures and sharing lists: EyesOnFlock (CC BY-SA 4.0), from Flock Safety transparency portals.
When the Flock cameras in Williamsburg were first mapped
Flock-tagged readers here were first mapped from November 17, 2024 to August 20, 2026. 31 of the 42 were first mapped in 2025, with 12 in July alone.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock cameras in Williamsburg, VA: questions
How many Flock cameras are in Williamsburg?
42 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in Williamsburg, VA, as of November 7, 2026.
Where are the Flock cameras in Williamsburg?
The table lists the most recently mapped ones by ZIP code, and the map shows all of them. ZIP 23185 has the most (34).
Who runs the plate readers in Williamsburg?
34 of 42 say who runs them, and Williamsburg Police Department is tagged on 23. Whoever runs each one sets how long it keeps the reads and who can search them, within Virginia law.
Which agencies around Williamsburg use plate readers?
The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists Williamsburg Police Department and James City County Police Department as agencies that use plate readers.
Which way does each camera face?
41 of the 42 carry a direction tag, and the map draws each of those as a cone.
Has anyone checked these cameras on the ground?
1 carries a ground-check date, marked ✓ in its row.
Know when cameras in Williamsburg change.
Free email alerts for new plate readers mapped near your places. One summary email a month.
- When a plate reader is first mapped near you
- 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.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers in Williamsburg, VA, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- Flock Safety FAQ: the default retention quoted in What they keep, read Oct 24, 2026
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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