License plate readers in Illinois

Name: Reported ALPR camera locations in Illinois
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

8,076 cameras have been documented in Illinois. That is the 5th-largest documented total of the 52 states and territories with any readers on record, and 5.6% of the 144,298 documented nationwide. Chicago has the most of any city in the state, with 1,324 — 16% of the total. Flock Safety accounts for the largest share of the 5,888 readers counted in the state's indexed cities, at 66%. 5,888 of them stand in the 180 cities listed below. 2,188 more are outside those city limits — along highways, in smaller towns, and in unincorporated areas.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 9, 2026.

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8,076
cameras documented statewide
5th
most-documented of 52 states and territories
5,888
in listed cities
2,188
outside city limits

ALPR law in Illinois

Illinois regulates automated license plate readers under 625 ILCS 5/2-130. Illinois regulates sharing rather than retention: ALPR users may not share plate data with an out-of-state agency to investigate laws restricting reproductive health care, or laws allowing detention based on immigration status, and may not share at all unless the requesting agency first files a written declaration to that effect. The section sets no retention cap.

ALPR laws in all 21 states with a statute →

Statute last verified September 26, 2026.

Who makes them

Manufacturer, where volunteers recorded it, for cameras in the listed cities.

Flock Safety3,914
Motorola Solutions635
Genetec175
Leonardo/ELSAG9
Neology9
Other vendors587
Unknown559

By city

City	Cameras	Per square mile
Chicago	1,324	5.81
Rockford	208	3.18
Elgin	136	3.56
Decatur	129	2.92
Springfield	125	2.04
Champaign	95	4.13
Joliet	92	1.39
Peoria	88	1.83
Aurora	80	1.77
Wheaton	66	5.83
Elk Grove Village	62	5.26
Alton	61	3.89
Naperville	60	1.52
Schaumburg	59	3.04
South Barrington	59	7.91
Waukegan	53	2.18
Bloomington	52	1.92
Evergreen Park	47	14.86
Mount Vernon	47	3.21
Normal	46	2.46
Elmhurst	43	4.21
Plainfield	42	1.61
Lake Forest	41	2.38
Pekin	41	2.56
Cicero	38	6.48
Loves Park	37	2.27
Palatine	37	2.62
Northbrook	36	2.72
Murphysboro	36	6.86
Oak Lawn	35	4.08
Addison	35	3.56
Bolingbrook	35	1.40
Arlington Heights	35	2.11
Rosemont	33	18.41
Berwyn	33	8.45
Romeoville	32	1.65
Wood Dale	31	6.37
Orland Park	31	1.41
Carbondale	31	1.77
Woodridge	30	3.11
Kankakee	29	1.92
Belleville	29	1.25
Niles	28	4.79
Highland Park	28	2.29
Carol Stream	28	3.01
Gurnee	28	2.07
Marion	28	1.94
Rantoul	27	3.18
East Peoria	27	1.31
Inverness	27	4.13
Sycamore	27	2.67
Skokie	26	2.58
Glenview	26	1.80
Glendale Heights	26	4.82
Wilmette	25	4.63
Quincy	25	1.57
Danville	25	1.40
Barrington	24	5.20
DeKalb	24	1.35
Chicago Heights	24	2.31
St. Charles	24	1.66
Edwardsville	23	1.15
Zion	23	2.31
Vernon Hills	23	2.97
Willowbrook	23	8.93
Mount Prospect	23	2.15
Itasca	22	4.34
Frankfort	22	1.41
Burr Ridge	22	2.94
Lake in the Hills	21	2.05
Mahomet	21	2.16
Lombard	21	2.06
Countryside	21	7.30
Oak Forest	21	3.47
Machesney Park	20	1.58
Morton Grove	20	3.93
Markham	20	3.70
New Lenox	20	1.24
Glen Carbon	19	1.84
Lemont	18	1.97
Morton	18	1.40
Bloomingdale	18	2.66
West Chicago	18	1.16
Rolling Meadows	18	3.20
Tinley Park	18	1.11
Urbana	17	1.44
Warrenville	17	3.13
Barrington Hills	17	0.63
East Moline	17	1.17
Collinsville	17	1.10
Matteson	16	1.72
Bourbonnais	16	1.74
Bradley	16	2.20
Sauk Village	16	4.01
Lansing	16	2.14
Flossmoor	16	4.36
Country Club Hills	16	3.22
North Riverside	16	9.73
Fairview Heights	16	1.40
Stickney	16	8.31
Lake Carroll	16	1.18
Lincolnshire	15	3.29
North Chicago	15	1.88
Lisle	15	2.17
Wheeling	15	1.73
Bensenville	15	2.71
Woodstock	15	1.13
Darien	15	2.43
Hillside	15	4.74
Glen Ellyn	15	2.14
Westmont	15	2.98
Peru	15	1.44
Cherry Valley	15	1.78
Rock Island	15	0.86
Alsip	15	2.30
Melrose Park	14	3.22
Antioch	14	1.69
Moline	14	0.83
Homewood	14	2.80
Shorewood	14	1.72
Buffalo Grove	14	1.46
Shiloh	14	1.11
Streamwood	14	1.79
East St. Louis	14	1.00
O'Fallon	14	0.89
Maywood	13	4.78
Libertyville	13	1.48
Ottawa	13	0.87
Braidwood	13	2.45
Crete	13	1.38
Harrisburg	13	1.97
Lincolnwood	13	4.83
Westchester	13	3.53
Crystal Lake	13	0.69
Worth	13	5.49
Bartlett	12	0.76
River Grove	12	5.02
Crest Hill	12	1.33
Roselle	12	2.16
Morris	12	0.95
Manteno	12	2.24
Mattoon	12	1.16
Olympia Fields	12	4.08
Oswego	12	0.74
Downers Grove	12	0.82
Galesburg	12	0.68
Franklin Park	12	2.51
Huntley	12	0.82
Pingree Grove	12	2.97
Hoffman Estates	12	0.58
Godfrey	12	0.35
Freeport	12	1.01
Tremont	12	10.17
Oakbrook Terrace	11	8.36
Channahon	11	0.66
Hinsdale	11	2.38
Northlake	11	3.46
Glencoe	11	2.96
Summit	11	5.19
Round Lake Beach	11	2.18
Forest View	11	9.41
Justice	11	3.87
Hawthorn Woods	11	1.33
Columbia	11	1.04
Troy	11	1.76
Villa Park	10	2.12
Park Ridge	10	1.41
Midlothian	10	3.55
Minooka	10	1.10
Mokena	10	1.15
Tilton	10	2.62
Northfield	10	3.10
Oak Brook	10	1.25
Hanover Park	10	1.56
Long Grove	10	0.81
Effingham	10	0.92
Charleston	10	1.10
Burbank	10	2.39
Sterling	10	1.68
Harvey	10	1.61

Camera locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). City boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Counts reflect volunteer documentation, not an official census; cities appear once ten cameras are documented.

Contract decisions in Illinois

2 decisions here are in our tracker of communities that have stepped back from Flock Safety. A decision date is not a removal date: cameras stay in the record above until a volunteer edits OpenStreetMap.

Evanston canceled its Flock Safety contract · Aug 2025
Oak Park canceled its Flock Safety contract · Aug 5, 2025

Explore this data further

Illinois ranks 5th of 52 by documented cameras. Florida (9,626) ranks just above, and Ohio (6,915) just below.