License plate readers in Joliet, IL
Volunteers have documented 93 automated license plate readers inside Joliet. That is the 7th-largest total among the 183 Illinois cities indexed here, and 1.2% of the statewide total. Its 1.4 readers per square mile spread across 66.3 square miles — thinner coverage than 61% of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 16 on poles and 14 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed October 15, 2026.
93
readers documented
1.4
per square mile
7th
of 183 indexed Illinois cities · 167th of 2,432 nationally
1.2%
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
- Flock Safety90 · 97%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Other vendors1 · 1%
- Unknown1 · 1%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 89 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (13). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (16), street lamp (14)
- Coverage area
- 66.3 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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