Flock & ALPR Cameras in Oakwood, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Oakwood — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Oakwood in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 14:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Oakwood
The readers mapped around Oakwood break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Sep 2025; the most recent in Jan 2026.
- North Oakwood Road — 1 reader
- Newtown Road — 1 reader
- East North Main Street — 1 reader
- County Road 1720 N — 1 reader
- West North Main Street — 1 reader
Oakwood IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Oakwood IL PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 37 other agencies.
Oakwood in the Vermilion County picture
Vermilion County has 37 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #500 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 23.4% nationally. That’s across 73,179 residents and 2,887 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 38.3% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 3 traffic.
Camera activity around Oakwood, last 30 days
1 removed in our hourly change log for Oakwood. Latest change logged Sep 5, 2026.
What’s watching Oakwood
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 Oakwood — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Oakwood (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Oakwood
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 Oakwood
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).