Flock & ALPR cameras in Illinois
Public map data records 7,301 ALPR cameras inside Illinois's borders as of 3 September 2026, run by 569 different operators. The densest cluster is Chicago, at 2,357 mapped cameras. See every camera, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone — free, no account.
Illinois's network is widely spread: Chicago Police Department runs 591 of the state's mapped cameras (8%), and the remaining 92% are split across 568 other agencies and businesses. Unlike metro-area counts, this figure is counted inside the state line, so nothing from neighbouring states leaks in. 1,360 of the 7,301 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras.
Open the live camera mapWhich Illinois cities have Flock cameras?
Counts of cameras recorded in public map data around each major IL city, read on 3 September 2026.
2,357 cameras
Naperville
2,287 cameras
1,487 cameras
403 cameras
Peoria
258 cameras
Champaign
218 cameras
Springfield
207 cameras
Chicago, Aurora and Rockford have full pages with operator, vendor and direction breakdowns; the other metros are covered by the live map. Metro figures are read as bounding boxes around each city centre, so neighbouring metros can overlap and the boxes reach past city limits — never add them up. The state total above is counted inside the state boundary instead, which is why it is the number to quote.
The largest ALPR operators in Illinois
The lead agency runs 8%; here is the rest of the top eight.
Chicago Police Department
591 cameras
Rockford Police Department
158 cameras
Decatur Police Department
118 cameras
Springfield Police Department
107 cameras
Champaign Police Department
89 cameras
DuPage County Sheriff's Office
86 cameras
Joliet Police Department
76 cameras
Illinois State Police
73 cameras
Read the operator column two ways. By size, Chicago Police Department dominates with 591 cameras (8% of the state). By count, the other 568 operators run the remaining 92% between them, and 1 of the top eight is a county sheriff rather than city forces.
Attribution is inferred from jurisdiction for 5,374 cameras and recorded directly for the rest. Counts are a floor: cameras appear on the map as people map them.
It isn't all Flock in Illinois
The vendor mix behind the state's plate readers.
Flock Safety
5,338 cameras
Motorola Solutions
641 cameras
Genetec
153 cameras
Axis Communications
34 cameras
Leonardo
18 cameras
Flock Safety is tagged on 5,338 of 6,215 manufacturer-recorded cameras — 86%. The rest is led by Motorola Solutions (641) and Genetec (153). Another 1,082 cameras have no vendor recorded.
The map knows which way 92% of Illinois's cameras face (6,700 of 7,301). Mounts, where recorded: pole (1,675), street lamp (260), wall (66), bridge (29).
Documented ALPR programs in Illinois
Public records compiled in the Atlas of Surveillance list 259 Illinois agencies using ALPR. Our map, built from OpenStreetMap and community reports, records 569 operators. Some agencies are documented but not yet mapped; some cameras are mapped without a records trail.
Champaign Police Department — Champaign County
As of April 2024, the Champaign Police Department operates 46 Flock Safety automated license plate readers. The agency stores ALPR data for 30 days. Vendor: Flock Safety.
Freeport Police Department — Stephenson County
The Freeport Police Department purchased automated license plate readers from Vigilant Solutions in 2020-2021. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
New Lenox Police Department — Will County
The New Lenox Police Department scanned 535,441,493 license plates in 2018 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Elmhurst Police Department — DuPage County
The Elmhurst Police Department scanned 11,399,887 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Lombard Police Department — DuPage County
The Lombard Police Department scanned 361,300 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Burr Ridge Police Department — DuPage County
The Burr Ridge Police Department scanned 288,627 license plates in 2019 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers. Vendor: Vigilant Solutions.
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Atlas of Surveillance. Summaries are the Atlas's own wording, trimmed to a complete sentence.
Illinois ALPR questions
How many Flock cameras are there in Illinois?
7,301 mapped cameras inside the state line as of 3 September 2026. That is a true in-state count, not a sum of overlapping city areas — and still a floor, because unmapped cameras don't appear.
Which cities in Illinois have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Chicago (2,357), Naperville (2,287), Aurora (1,487), Rockford (403), Peoria (258), Champaign (218). Smaller IL towns appear on the live map too — these are simply the biggest metro areas.
Who operates ALPR cameras in Illinois?
Mostly municipal police and county sheriffs — 569 separate operators, led by Chicago Police Department (591). Private operators account for 25 of the cameras that carry an operator type.
Are all the plate readers in Illinois made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 5,338 of 6,215 vendor-recorded cameras (86%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 641, and 1,082 cameras have no vendor recorded at all. 'Flock camera' is the common name, but the map covers every ALPR it can find.
Can I avoid Flock cameras when driving in Illinois?
BanditKin's navigation offers opt-in, field-of-view-aware camera avoidance with a strength slider, using the 6,700 Illinois cameras that have a recorded facing direction. If no camera-free route exists it says so and falls back to the normal route. Preferring not to be logged by a commercial surveillance network is a privacy preference — the app uses public camera-location data.