Cameras / Illinois / Murphysboro
License plate readers in Murphysboro, IL
Volunteers have documented 36 automated license plate readers inside Murphysboro. That is the 28th-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.4% of the statewide total. At 6.9 per square mile it is more densely covered than 93% of the 2,400 US cities indexed nationally. Where a mount was recorded, most are fixed to existing traffic signals rather than dedicated poles.
Checked against OpenStreetMap October 9, 2026 · figures last changed October 1, 2026.
36
readers documented
6.9
per square mile
28th
of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 670th of 2,400 nationally
0.4%
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 Safety30 · 83%
- Motorola Solutions3 · 8%
- Other vendors3 · 8%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 31 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- traffic signal (21)
- Coverage area
- 5.2 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
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