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ALPR cameras in Chicago, IL

License plate reader coverage mapped in Chicago, Illinois. Counts cover an approximate bounding box around the city core, not the full metropolitan area.Data as of November 1, 2026.

1,494ALPR cameras mapped
54per 100K residents

Out of 146,055 cameras tracked across the United States.Around the national average of ~44 per 100K.

Recent change

↑ 9 cameras added since Oct 25 (0%)

Manufacturer spotlight
45%of mapped cameras in Chicago are Flock Safety

669 of 1,494 cameras carry the Flock Safety manufacturer tag in OpenStreetMap.

Identified operators

Not every camera in OpenStreetMap has an operator tag. The list below covers only those that do.

1Chicago Police Department
229
2Illinois State Police
68
3Flock Safety
33
4University of Chicago Police Department
8
5The Home Depot
7

Score a specific address in Chicago

Outflock estimates surveillance exposure for any US address by modeling short trips out of that address and checking which ones cross an ALPR camera. Chicago addresses are eligible.

Score an address

See the methodology for how counts are sourced and what coverage gaps to expect. For national rankings and trends, see surveillance landscape.

What counts as a city: Numbers cover cameras found within an approximate bounding box for Chicago's core area. Suburbs and unincorporated areas are not included. Population figures from the 2020 US Census, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Camera data © OpenStreetMap contributors, with thanks to the DeFlock community.