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License plate readers in Decatur, IL

Volunteers have documented 129 automated license plate readers inside Decatur. That is the 4th-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 1.6% of the statewide total. At 2.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 73% of the 2,400 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 98% — are Flock Safety units. Volunteers also recorded non-government operators here, including Simon Property Group.

Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 3, 2026.

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  • 129

    readers documented

  • 2.9

    per square mile

  • 4th

    of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 102nd of 2,400 nationally

  • 1.6%

    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
78 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
Recorded operators
Flock Safety (15), Simon Property Group (1). All 725 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
How they’re mounted
pole (32), street lamp (4), traffic signal (1), gantry (1)
Coverage area
44.2 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

These locations were documented in the field by OpenStreetMap volunteers and refresh automatically every six hours. They are evidence of where cameras have been seen — not a complete or official inventory, and cameras may have been added or removed since documentation. Corrections happen upstream: edit OpenStreetMap and this page will update. Read more in our methodology, or download the aggregates in bulk.