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Flock Cameras in Illinois: Map, Locations & Count
As of 13 October 2026, 8,090 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Illinois's borders (5,448 tagged Flock Safety), run by 561 operators. The densest cluster is Chicago, at 2,989 mapped cameras. See every camera on the live map below, which way it faces and its approximate capture zone. Free, no account.
Illinois's network is widely spread: Chicago Police Department runs 583 of the state's mapped cameras (7%), and the remaining 93% are split across 560 other agencies and businesses. Unlike metro-area counts, this figure is counted inside the state line, so nothing from neighbouring states leaks in. 2,281 of the 8,090 cameras carry no operator at all, so the operator shares above are shares of the attributed cameras. Since 5 October 2026 the in-state count moved from 7,968 to 8,090 (+122).
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 13 October 2026.
2,989 cameras
Naperville
2,622 cameras
1,518 cameras
431 cameras
Peoria
274 cameras
Champaign
217 cameras
Springfield
212 cameras
Chicago, Aurora, 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 7%; here is the rest of the top eight.
Chicago Police Department
583 cameras
Rockford Police Department
155 cameras
Decatur Police Department
118 cameras
Springfield Police Department
105 cameras
Champaign Police Department
91 cameras
DuPage County Sheriff's Office
86 cameras
Joliet Police Department
74 cameras
Illinois State Police
72 cameras
Read the operator column two ways. By size, Chicago Police Department dominates with 583 cameras (7% of the state). By count, the other 560 operators run the remaining 93% between them, and 1 of the top eight is a county sheriff rather than city forces.
Attribution is inferred from jurisdiction for 5,244 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
5,448 cameras
Motorola Solutions
753 cameras
Axis Communications
578 cameras
Genetec
184 cameras
Leonardo
19 cameras
Flock Safety is tagged on 5,448 of 7,020 manufacturer-recorded cameras — 78%. The rest is led by Motorola Solutions (753) and Axis Communications (578). Another 1,068 cameras have no vendor recorded.
The map knows which way 86% of Illinois's cameras face (6,934 of 8,090). Mounts, where recorded: pole (1,661), street lamp (304), wall (67), bridge (29).
Documented ALPR programs in Illinois
Public records compiled in the Atlas of Surveillance list 258 Illinois agencies using ALPR. Our map, built from OpenStreetMap and community reports, records 561 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 in Illinois?
As of 13 October 2026, 8,090 Flock and ALPR cameras are mapped inside Illinois's borders, 5,448 of them tagged Flock Safety, run by 561 operators. The largest clusters are around Chicago, Naperville, Aurora. That is a documented floor, not a full inventory: cameras appear as people map them.
Which cities in Illinois have Flock cameras?
The largest clusters are around Chicago (2,989), Naperville (2,622), Aurora (1,518), Rockford (431), Peoria (274), Champaign (217). 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 — 561 separate operators, led by Chicago Police Department (583). Private operators account for 26 of the cameras that carry an operator type.
Are all the plate readers in Illinois made by Flock?
No. Flock Safety is tagged on 5,448 of 7,020 vendor-recorded cameras (78%); Motorola Solutions accounts for 753, and 1,068 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 6,934 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.