Flock & ALPR Cameras in Bethalto, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Bethalto — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 5 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Bethalto, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 4 of them sit inside Bethalto itself.
The rest sit in Alton (1).
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Bethalto in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:57 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Bethalto
The readers mapped around Bethalto break down as 4 Genetec, 1 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- East MacArthur Drive — 2 readers
- West Bethalto Drive — 2 readers
- Fosterburg Road — 1 reader
Bethalto 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 5 traffic.
What’s watching Bethalto
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 Bethalto — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Bethalto (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Bethalto
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Bethalto, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Bethalto, IL
What you can do in Bethalto
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 Bethalto
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).