Surveillance in Chicago, Illinois

88/100 · Extreme

Chicago ranks #3 among the 100 most surveilled US cities we track, with 1,230 documented surveillance devices — about 45.7 per 100,000 residents.

663

License plate readers

374

CCTV cameras

DOT traffic cameras

165

Red light / speed cams

Internet-exposed cameras

$991K

Federal surveillance grants

Police technology

Police tech score: 90/100 across 12 documented technologies
Gunshot detection (ShotSpotter): Not documented
Police camera registry / doorbell partnership: Yes

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Counts are documented devices from OpenStreetMap, state DOT feeds, municipal open data and the EFF Atlas of Surveillance. They are a floor, not a total — undocumented cameras are common, and a device appearing here is not confirmation it is currently operating.