Flock & ALPR Cameras in Alton, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 24 automated license plate readers in and around Alton — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Alton in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 12:28 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Alton
The readers mapped around Alton break down as 10 Motorola Solutions, 7 Genetec, 4 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Oct 2025; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Union Street — 4 readers
- West Delmar Avenue — 3 readers
- Pearl Street — 2 readers
- Clark Bridge — 2 readers
- Jefferson Avenue — 2 readers
- State Street — 2 readers
- East Broadway — 1 reader
- West 10th Street — 1 reader
- Ridge Street — 1 reader
- Alby Street — 1 reader
- West Broadway — 1 reader
- Landmarks Boulevard — 1 reader
+ 2 more streets and roads mapped around Alton — all on the live map above.
Alton in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 95 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #858 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 264,631 residents and 2,309 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 15.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 17 traffic, 5 street.
Camera activity around Alton, last 30 days
4 newly reported in our hourly change log for Alton. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Alton
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Alton — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Alton (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Alton
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Alton, IL
- 6 new license plate readers reported around Alton, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Alton, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Alton, IL
What you can do in Alton
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Alton
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).