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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mascoutah, Illinois

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Mascoutah — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby
#425
of 636 Illinois cities tracked
0.1%
of Illinois’s reported cameras
Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Mascoutah, Illinois
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Camera Watch Recently reported near Mascoutah

No new reports near Mascoutah in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:06 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Mascoutah

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

  • Mascoutah Avenue — 2 readers
  • IL 161 — 2 readers

Mascoutah in the St. Clair County picture

St. Clair County has 73 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,059 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 254,777 residents and 2,454 road miles. By road density that is 0.03 cameras per road mile, in the top 21.6% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic.

Camera activity around Mascoutah, last 30 days

2 newly reported in our hourly change log for Mascoutah. Latest change logged Aug 19, 2026.

What’s watching Mascoutah

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

The latest around Mascoutah

What you can do in Mascoutah

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 Mascoutah

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