diff --git a/kasa/smartcam/modules/__init__.py b/kasa/smartcam/modules/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from .device import DeviceModule
 from .glassdetection import GlassDetection
 from .homekit import HomeKit
+from .lastalertdetection import LastAlertDetection
 from .led import Led
 from .lensmask import LensMask
 from .linecrossingdetection import LineCrossingDetection
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     "ChildSetup",
     "DeviceModule",
     "GlassDetection",
+    "LastAlertDetection",
     "Led",
     "LineCrossingDetection",
     "MeowDetection",

diff --git a/kasa/smartcam/modules/lastalertdetection.py b/kasa/smartcam/modules/lastalertdetection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Module for the last alert reported by the camera."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime
+from enum import StrEnum
+
+from ...feature import Feature
+from ..smartcammodule import SmartCamModule
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LastAlertType(StrEnum):
+    """Type of the alert reported by the camera."""
+
+    Motion = "motion"
+    Unknown = "unknown"
+
+
+class LastAlertDetection(SmartCamModule):
+    """Implementation of the last alert reported by the camera.
+
+    Backed by ``getLastAlarmInfo`` (``last_alarm_time``/``last_alarm_type``),
+    which is refreshed within a second of a detection and needs no SD card.
+    The timestamp keeps advancing while the motion continues.
+
+    Hub children are excluded as their modules are only refreshed once a day,
+    which defeats the purpose of polling the last alert.
+    """
+
+    REQUIRED_COMPONENT = "detection"
+    QUERY_GETTER_NAME = "getLastAlarmInfo"
+    QUERY_MODULE_NAME = "system"
+    QUERY_SECTION_NAMES = "last_alarm_info"
+
+    _logged_unknown_types: set[str] = set()
+
+    async def _check_supported(self) -> bool:
+        """Additional check to see if the module is supported by the device."""
+        return not self._device._is_hub_child
+
+    def _initialize_features(self) -> None:
+        """Initialize features after the initial update."""
+        self._add_feature(
+            Feature(
+                device=self._device,
+                id="last_alert_timestamp",
+                name="Last alert time",
+                attribute_getter="last_alert_timestamp",
+                container=self,
+                category=Feature.Category.Info,
+                type=Feature.Type.Sensor,
+            )
+        )
+        self._add_feature(
+            Feature(
+                device=self._device,
+                id="last_alert_type",
+                name="Last alert type",
+                attribute_getter="last_alert_type",
+                container=self,
+                category=Feature.Category.Info,
+                type=Feature.Type.Sensor,
+            )
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def last_alert_timestamp(self) -> datetime | None:
+        """Return timestamp of the last alert, None if nothing was reported yet.
+
+        Devices report an empty string or 0 when nothing has been detected yet.
+        Unparseable values are reported as None as well.
+        """
+        try:
+            timestamp = int(self.data["last_alarm_info"].get("last_alarm_time"))
+            if not timestamp:
+                return None
+            return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, tz=self._device.timezone)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, OSError):
+            return None
+
+    @property
+    def last_alert_type(self) -> LastAlertType | None:
+        """Return the type of the last alert, None if nothing was reported yet.
+
+        Unknown types are reported as :attr:`LastAlertType.Unknown`.
+        """
+        alert_type = self.data["last_alarm_info"].get("last_alarm_type")
+        if not alert_type:
+            return None
+        try:
+            return LastAlertType(alert_type)
+        except ValueError:
+            if alert_type not in self._logged_unknown_types:
+                self._logged_unknown_types.add(alert_type)
+                _LOGGER.warning(
+                    "Unknown alert type, please create an issue describing it: %s",
+                    alert_type,
+                )
+            return LastAlertType.Unknown
diff --git a/kasa/smartcam/smartcammodule.py b/kasa/smartcam/smartcammodule.py
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class SmartCamModule(SmartModule):
 
     SmartCamBattery: Final[ModuleName[modules.Battery]] = ModuleName("Battery")
 
+    SmartCamLastAlertDetection: Final[ModuleName[modules.LastAlertDetection]] = (
+        ModuleName("LastAlertDetection")
+    )
+
     SmartCamDeviceModule: Final[ModuleName[modules.DeviceModule]] = ModuleName(
         "devicemodule"
     )

diff --git a/tests/smartcam/modules/test_lastalertdetection.py b/tests/smartcam/modules/test_lastalertdetection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+"""Tests for smartcam last alert detection module."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import pytest
+
+from kasa import Device
+from kasa.smart import SmartDevice
+from kasa.smartcam.modules.lastalertdetection import (
+    LastAlertDetection,
+    LastAlertType,
+)
+from kasa.smartcam.smartcammodule import SmartCamModule
+
+from ...device_fixtures import parametrize
+
+lastalertdetection_smartcam = parametrize(
+    "has last alert detection",
+    component_filter="detection",
+    protocol_filter={"SMARTCAM"},
+)
+lastalertdetection_hub_child = parametrize(
+    "hub child with detection",
+    component_filter="detection",
+    protocol_filter={"SMARTCAM.CHILD"},
+)
+
+
+def _set_last_alarm_info(dev: Device, time: str, type_: str = "") -> None:
+    dev._last_update["getLastAlarmInfo"]["system"]["last_alarm_info"] = {
+        "last_alarm_time": time,
+        "last_alarm_type": type_,
+    }
+
+
+@lastalertdetection_smartcam
+async def test_last_alert_features(dev: Device) -> None:
+    """Test that the module and its features are available."""
+    last_alert = dev.modules.get(SmartCamModule.SmartCamLastAlertDetection)
+    assert last_alert
+
+    for feat_id in ("last_alert_timestamp", "last_alert_type"):
+        feat = dev.features.get(feat_id)
+        assert feat
+        assert feat.value == getattr(last_alert, feat_id)
+
+
+@lastalertdetection_smartcam
+async def test_last_alert_values(dev: Device) -> None:
+    """Test that a reported alert is exposed as a tz-aware datetime and an enum."""
+    last_alert = dev.modules.get(SmartCamModule.SmartCamLastAlertDetection)
+    assert last_alert
+    _set_last_alarm_info(dev, "1734967724", "motion")
+
+    alert_time = last_alert.last_alert_timestamp
+    assert isinstance(alert_time, datetime)
+    assert alert_time.tzinfo == dev.timezone
+    assert alert_time.timestamp() == 1734967724
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_type is LastAlertType.Motion
+    assert dev.features["last_alert_type"].value is LastAlertType.Motion
+
+
+@lastalertdetection_smartcam
+async def test_last_alert_type_unknown_logs_once(
+    dev: Device, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """Test that an unknown alert type falls back to Unknown with a single warning."""
+    last_alert = dev.modules.get(SmartCamModule.SmartCamLastAlertDetection)
+    assert last_alert
+    caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING)
+    # The warned-once set is process-wide, reset it so each fixture starts clean.
+    LastAlertDetection._logged_unknown_types.clear()
+
+    _set_last_alarm_info(dev, "1734967724", "vehicle")
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_type is LastAlertType.Unknown
+    assert "Unknown alert type" in caplog.text
+    assert "vehicle" in caplog.text
+
+    caplog.clear()
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_type is LastAlertType.Unknown
+    assert "Unknown alert type" not in caplog.text
+
+    _set_last_alarm_info(dev, "1734967724", "person")
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_type is LastAlertType.Unknown
+    assert "person" in caplog.text
+
+
+@lastalertdetection_smartcam
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "time_raw",
+    [
+        "",  # never triggered (C100)
+        "0",  # never triggered (C110, C220, ...)
+        "nonsense",  # unexpected value must not break feature access
+        "99999999999999999",  # out of range for datetime.fromtimestamp
+    ],
+)
+async def test_last_alert_never_triggered(dev: Device, time_raw: str) -> None:
+    """Test that devices that never reported an alert return None."""
+    last_alert = dev.modules.get(SmartCamModule.SmartCamLastAlertDetection)
+    assert last_alert
+
+    _set_last_alarm_info(dev, time_raw)
+
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_timestamp is None
+    assert last_alert.last_alert_type is None
+
+
+@lastalertdetection_hub_child
+async def test_last_alert_not_exposed_on_hub_children(dev: Device) -> None:
+    """Test that hub children do not expose the module.
+
+    Hub child modules are only refreshed once a day, which defeats the purpose
+    of polling the last alert.
+    """
+    assert isinstance(dev, SmartDevice)
+    assert dev._is_hub_child
+    assert SmartCamModule.SmartCamLastAlertDetection not in dev.modules
+    assert "last_alert_timestamp" not in dev.features
+    assert "last_alert_type" not in dev.features