Flock & ALPR Cameras in Crete, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 9 automated license plate readers in and around Crete — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Crete in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 00:32 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Crete
The readers mapped around Crete break down as 11 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- East Exchange Street — 3 readers
- Main Street — 2 readers
- Warrior Way — 1 reader
- West Exchange Street — 1 reader
- Benton Street — 1 reader
- Crete — 1 reader
- Herman Street — 1 reader
- Dutton Road — 1 reader
Crete IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Crete IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 22 other agencies.
Crete in the Will County picture
Will County has 375 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #454 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 21.2% nationally. That’s across 698,450 residents and 3,042 road miles. By road density that is 0.12 cameras per road mile, in the top 3.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 11 traffic.
What’s watching Crete
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 Crete — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Crete (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Crete
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.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Crete
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).