Cameras / Illinois / West Chicago
License plate readers in West Chicago, IL
Volunteers have documented 18 automated license plate readers inside West Chicago. That is the 82nd-largest total among the 183 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.2% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 15.5 square miles — thinner coverage than 69% of the 2,432 cities indexed nationally. Flock Safety accounts for 89%, followed by Motorola Solutions at 11%.
Checked against OpenStreetMap November 13, 2026 · figures last changed August 16, 2026.
18
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
82nd
of 183 indexed Illinois cities · 1,378th of 2,432 nationally
0.2%
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 Safety16 · 89%
- Motorola Solutions2 · 11%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 10 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- How they’re mounted
- pole (5)
- Coverage area
- 15.5 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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