Flock & ALPR Cameras in Urbana, Illinois
Volunteers have reported 20 automated license plate readers in and around Urbana — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Urbana in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 08:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Urbana
The readers mapped around Urbana break down as 13 Flock Safety, 7 Motorola Solutions. Named operators in the reports: Flock Safety, Champaingn County Sheriff. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- North Cunningham Avenue — 5 readers
- North Kenyon Road — 2 readers
- East Anthony Drive — 2 readers
- West Illinois Street — 1 reader
- West Green Street — 1 reader
- South Dodson Drive — 1 reader
- East Perkins Road — 1 reader
- Scottswood Drive — 1 reader
- South Lincoln Avenue — 1 reader
- West Florida Avenue — 1 reader
- West Windsor Road — 1 reader
- Springfield Avenue — 1 reader
+ 2 more streets and roads mapped around Urbana — all on the live map above.
Urbana 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 20 traffic. Operators named on the record: Flock Safety (4), Champaingn County Sheriff (1).
What’s watching Urbana
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 Urbana — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Urbana (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Urbana
- 5 new license plate readers reported around Urbana, IL
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Urbana, IL
- New chapter on the network: StopFlock CU (Urbana-Champaign, Illinois)
- Urbana says "no" to license plate readers, but Champaign says "yes" in effort to reduce gun violence
What you can do in Urbana
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 Urbana
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).