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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Collinsville, Illinois

Volunteers have reported 17 automated license plate readers in and around Collinsville — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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17
Reported cameras nearby
#133
of 636 Illinois cities tracked
0.2%
of Illinois’s reported cameras
Live camera map 17 reported cameras around Collinsville, Illinois
Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →
Camera Watch Recently reported near Collinsville
+0 this week +6 last 30 days −2 removed
  • Sep 25 Flock Safety camera newly reported
  • Sep 22 Flock Safety camera newly reported
  • Sep 22 Genetec camera newly reported
  • Sep 22 Motorola Solutions camera newly reported

Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.

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Where the cameras are in Collinsville

The readers mapped around Collinsville break down as 6 Flock Safety, 4 Genetec, 3 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: The Home Depot. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Jul 2026.

  • North Bluff Road — 4 readers
  • Collinsville Crossing Boulevard — 2 readers
  • Eastport Plaza Drive — 2 readers
  • Extra Mile Drive — 1 reader
  • Vandalia Street — 1 reader
  • Beltline Road — 1 reader
  • South Morrison Avenue — 1 reader
  • North Keebler Avenue — 1 reader

Collinsville 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 13 traffic. Operators named on the record: The Home Depot (3).

What’s watching Collinsville

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 Collinsville — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Collinsville (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Collinsville

What you can do in Collinsville

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.

Cameras near Collinsville

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).