License plate readers in Rockford, IL
Volunteers have documented 217 automated license plate readers inside Rockford. That is the 2nd-largest total among the 182 Illinois cities indexed here, and 2.8% of the statewide total. At 3.3 per square mile it is more densely covered than 78% of the 2,430 US cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Lowe's.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 14, 2026 · figures last changed October 30, 2026.
217
readers documented
3.3
per square mile
2nd
of 182 indexed Illinois cities · 40th of 2,430 nationally
2.8%
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 Safety178 · 82%
- Motorola Solutions24 · 11%
- Genetec1 · 0%
- Neology1 · 0%
- Unknown13 · 6%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 184 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (4), [Lowes Home Improvement (Corporate Secur (2), Lowe's (1). All 719 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (12), traffic signal (4), street lamp (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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