Flock cameras in Chicago, IL
1,328 license plate readers are documented in Chicago: 97 are tagged as Flock Safety equipment and 1,231 come from other ALPR vendors. 62% have a recorded facing direction, so you can see what each one watches.
Drive through Chicago? Get a heads-up first.
All 1,328 are already in the app. An alert as you approach each one, and a second if you enter its field of view.
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By brand
| Brand | Cameras | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axis Communications | 537 | 40.4% |
| Motorola Solutions | 283 | 21.3% |
| Flock Safety | 97 | 7.3% |
| Genetec | 52 | 3.9% |
| Leonardo/ELSAG | 5 | 0.4% |
| Auto Patrol | 1 | 0.1% |
| Neology | 1 | 0.1% |
| Axon | 1 | 0.1% |
Recorded operators
| Operator | Cameras |
|---|---|
| Chicago Police Department | 225 |
| Illinois State Police | 58 |
| University of Chicago Police Department | 8 |
| Flock Safety | 6 |
| The Home Depot | 4 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 2 |
| Lowe's | 1 |
Operator is recorded by volunteers and is missing for most cameras, so these are documented floors rather than totals.
What this means if you drive here
A plate reader is not a proximity sensor. It is a fixed camera aimed one way down one road, so whether it recorded your vehicle depends on the direction you were travelling relative to the lens, not simply how close you got. In Chicago, 62% of documented readers have a recorded bearing, which is what makes that question answerable.
Readers cluster where every vehicle must pass: city entrances and exits, approaches to major junctions, and store parking lot lanes. If you leave your neighborhood the same way each morning, you are almost certainly passing the same cameras every day.
Want to check a specific one? Work out whether a camera photographed your car, or read who can access the data once it is recorded.
Nearby in Illinois
- Rockford206
- Elgin136
- Decatur129
- Springfield124
- Champaign95
- Joliet92
- Peoria88
- Aurora80
- All of Illinois
Camera data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), from the ALPR slice the DeFlock community crowdsources. Coverage reflects volunteer mapping effort, so a low count can mean few cameras, few mappers, or both. Flock Camera is not affiliated with Flock Safety, Inc.