Flock & ALPR Cameras in Barrington, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 14 automated license plate readers in and around Barrington — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Barrington in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 07:12 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Barrington
The readers mapped around Barrington break down as 14 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- South Grove Avenue — 3 readers
- West Main Street — 2 readers
- East Valencia Avenue — 2 readers
- Providence Road — 1 reader
- North Hough Road — 1 reader
- West Northwest Highway — 1 reader
- North Hough Street — 1 reader
- Howe Terrace — 1 reader
- West Lake Street — 1 reader
- Garlands Lane — 1 reader
Barrington IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Barrington IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 23 other agencies.
Barrington in the Lake County picture
Lake County has 346 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #549 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 711,885 residents and 2,737 road miles. By road density that is 0.13 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic.
Camera activity around Barrington, last 30 days
2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Barrington. Latest change logged Aug 20, 2026.
What’s watching Barrington
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 Barrington — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Barrington (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Barrington
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Barrington, IL
- South Barrington may get another camera to read license plates of passing vehicles
What you can do in Barrington
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 Barrington
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).