Surveillance in Illinois
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Illinois has 9,487 documented surveillance devices — roughly 75.6 per 100,000 residents.
6,126
License plate readers
1,138
CCTV cameras
1,319
DOT traffic cameras
510
Red light / speed cams
138
Gunshot detectors
256
Toll booths
Documented police technology
- 1,723 agency records in the EFF Atlas of Surveillance, covering 524 documented technology deployments
- Confirmed ShotSpotter / SoundThinking coverage zone: None documented (individual acoustic sensors are still mapped above)
- Cell-site simulators (Stingray): Documented
- Federal surveillance grants: $7.3M
Most surveilled cities in Illinois
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.