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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Godfrey, Illinois

Volunteers have reported 8 automated license plate readers in and around Godfrey — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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8
Reported cameras nearby
#289
of 636 Illinois cities tracked
0.1%
of Illinois’s reported cameras
Live camera map 8 reported cameras around Godfrey, Illinois
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Godfrey

No new reports near Godfrey in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:11 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Godfrey

The readers mapped around Godfrey break down as 6 Flock Safety, 2 Genetec. The first camera here was reported in Dec 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.

  • Godfrey Road — 3 readers
  • IL 3 — 2 readers
  • Mc Adams Highway — 1 reader
  • Sam Vadalabene Bike Trail — 1 reader
  • Airport Road — 1 reader

Godfrey 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 8 traffic.

What’s watching Godfrey

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

The latest around Godfrey

What you can do in Godfrey

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 Godfrey

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