License plate readers in Palatine, IL
Volunteers have documented 37 automated license plate readers inside Palatine. That is the 27th-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.5% of the statewide total. At 2.6 per square mile it is more densely covered than 68% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Every one of them is a Flock Safety unit.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 2, 2026.
37
readers documented
2.6
per square mile
27th
of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 640th of 2,395 nationally
0.5%
of Illinois’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 36 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (4)
- Coverage area
- 14.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
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