License plate readers in Rockford, IL
Volunteers have documented 204 automated license plate readers inside Rockford. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 2.5% of the statewide total. At 3.1 per square mile it is more densely covered than 76% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 28, 2026.
204
readers documented
3.1
per square mile
2nd
of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 43rd of 2,395 nationally
2.5%
of Illinois’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety163 · 80%
- Motorola Solutions26 · 13%
- Genetec1 · 0%
- Neology1 · 0%
- Unknown13 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 170 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (5), [Lowes Home Improvement (Corporate Secur (2), Lowe's (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (11), street lamp (3), traffic signal (3), stop light (2), Stop light (1)
- Coverage area
- 65.4 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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