Flock & ALPR Cameras in DuPage County, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 727 automated license plate readers across DuPage County — each one logging every passing plate with a time and location.
Need this county’s camera data? Custom extracts are free for researchers, journalists and advocates. Ask for it.
- Oct 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Axis Communications camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Axis communications camera newly reported
- Oct 6 Axis communications camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
📷 8 new license plate readers just reported around Near South Side, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #NearSouthSide
📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Chicago Loop, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #ChicagoLoop
📷 6 new license plate readers just reported around Near North Side, IL. Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching. #ALPR #Surveillance #NearNorthSide
How DuPage County compares nationally
DuPage County ranks #278 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 13% nationally. The count covers 927,263 residents and 2,444 miles of county roads — 6.7511 cameras per 10,000 residents.
What’s watching DuPage County
Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, stamp it with time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s routinely shared across agencies — here’s where that data goes. Counts reflect cameras volunteers have mapped inside DuPage County. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around DuPage
- Glendale Heights man charged with damaging radar unit and license plate cameras near school zone
- Glendale Heights Man Charged with Damaging Speed Radar Unit Near School Zone and Damaging/Stealing Multiple License Plate Reader Cameras DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Glendale Heights Chief of Police George Pappas annou
- Glendale Heights man Hayden Green charged with vandalizing, stealing Flock license plate reading cameras: DuPage County officials
- Glendale Heights man charged with vandalizing, stealing Flock cameras, DuPage County officials say]]>
What you can do in DuPage
County commissions and sheriff’s offices sign these contracts — and answer to residents. Ask how long plate data is kept and who it’s shared with: file a public records request, speak at a public meeting, and see the playbook on Take Action. Organizing locally? Join or start a chapter.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras nearby in Illinois
← All Illinois cameras, counties & cities
Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. County boundaries: US Census.