License plate readers in Wheaton, IL
Volunteers have documented 66 automated license plate readers inside Wheaton. That is the 10th-largest total among the 180 Illinois cities indexed here, and 0.8% of the statewide total. At 5.8 per square mile it is more densely covered than 91% of the 2,395 US cities indexed nationally. Nearly all of them — 97% — are Flock Safety units. Where a mount was recorded, volunteers logged 31 on poles and 8 on street lamps.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 28, 2026 · figures last changed September 4, 2026.
66
readers documented
5.8
per square mile
10th
of 180 indexed Illinois cities · 305th of 2,395 nationally
0.8%
of Illinois’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 42 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Flock Safety (1). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (31), street lamp (8), traffic signal (1)
- Coverage area
- 11.3 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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