Flock & ALPR Cameras in Rantoul, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 27 automated license plate readers in and around Rantoul — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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- Sep 8 Flock Safety camera newly reported
Newly reported by volunteers — cameras may have been up long before someone mapped them.
Where the cameras are in Rantoul
The readers mapped around Rantoul break down as 27 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Apr 2023; the most recent in Sep 2026.
- Veterans Parkway — 5 readers
- North Century Drive — 2 readers
- West Champaign Avenue — 2 readers
- East Grove Avenue — 2 readers
- North Maplewood Drive — 2 readers
- Willow Pond Road — 2 readers
- Cheryl Drive — 2 readers
- Grove Avenue — 1 reader
- West Wheat Avenue — 1 reader
- South Murray Road — 1 reader
- East Perimeter Road — 1 reader
- Clark Street — 1 reader
+ 5 more streets and roads mapped around Rantoul — all on the live map above.
Rantoul IL PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Rantoul IL PD runs 34 cameras of its own, has logged 175 plate-database searches, has captured 93,297 vehicle records. Its network connects to 67 other agencies — a plate read here can surface in searches far beyond city limits.
Rantoul in the Champaign County picture
Champaign County has 145 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #258 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12% nationally. That’s across 206,098 residents and 1,815 road miles. By road density that is 0.08 cameras per road mile, in the top 6.6% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 26 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (7).
Camera activity around Rantoul, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Rantoul. Latest change logged Sep 8, 2026.
What’s watching Rantoul
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 Rantoul — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Rantoul (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Rantoul
- 4 new license plate readers reported around Rantoul, IL
- Rantoul board asked to add another 9 license plate readers
- Rantoul board asked to OK additional license - plate readers
- License - plate reader helps in vehicle - theft arrest in Rantoul
What you can do in Rantoul
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.
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Cameras near Rantoul
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).