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License plate readers in Carol Stream, IL

Volunteers have documented 28 automated license plate readers inside Carol Stream. That is the 42nd-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.3% of the statewide total. At 3.0 per square mile it is more densely covered than 75% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 71% of them.

Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed August 9, 2026.

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  • 28

    readers documented

  • 3.0

    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
14 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Flock Safety (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted
pole (2)
Coverage area
9.3 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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