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License plate readers in Carbondale, IL

Volunteers have documented 28 automated license plate readers inside Carbondale. That is the 42nd-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. Its density of 1.6 per square mile places Carbondale near the middle of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 61% of them.

Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 15, 2026.

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  • 28

    readers documented

  • 1.6

    per square mile

  • 42nd

    of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 876th of 2,395 nationally

  • 0.3%

    of Illinois’s documented total

Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Who makes them

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What volunteers recorded

Monitoring public roads
21 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Southern Illinois University Police Depa (3). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted
pole (1)
Coverage area
17.5 square miles of land inside city limits.

Nearby

Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · Illinois's ALPR statute

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