4393 locations in the last 30 days (4555 reports) · Last sighting 20 hours ago
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Each circle is a Chicago neighborhood. The number is its report count — click one to zoom in and see individual sightings there.
Colors are relative to what’s currently on screen, so they adjust as you switch time ranges.
Zoomed into a neighborhood or zip? Same colors group nearby reports, and a bright dot means that exact spot’s been reported more than once.
Chicago has topped national rankings of the rattiest U.S. cities for over a decade running — a reputation the city itself takes seriously enough to run one of the country’s most active 311 rodent-complaint programs. Every baiting request, burrow report, and complaint filed with the city becomes a public record. RatCity turns that record, plus reports from people who live here, into a map you can actually use: is this block bad? Is it getting worse? Which neighborhood is winning (or losing) the fight this month?
Most of the data is Chicago’s own — every “Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint” filed through 311, pulled in automatically once a day so the map never goes stale. Layered on top are sightings reported directly by visitors, matched to the same neighborhood and zip-code boundaries the city uses, so a resident’s report and an official 311 complaint carry equal weight on the map.
Circles are sized and colored by how many reports a neighborhood has racked up — blue is quiet, red means trouble. The Day / Week / 30 Days / Year toggle up top changes the window, so you can see whether a neighborhood’s rat problem is a one-week blip or a year-long trend. Whoever’s in the lead gets crowned the neighborhood Rat King in the sidebar, a title that changes hands as new reports come in.
Noticed a rat that isn’t on the map yet? Use “Report a sighting” above — it takes under a minute and goes live as soon as it’s reviewed. Curious about where the data actually comes from or how reports are moderated? See the About page for the full breakdown.
Want more? The blog has weekly trend recaps and guides on Chicago’s rat problem and how to keep it out of your home.
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| Date | Address | Neighborhood | Ward | Status | Response time | Reported via | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/8/2025 | 9611 S AVENUE L | East Side | 10 | Completed | 5 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 13221 S BUFFALO AVE | Hegewisch | 10 | Completed | 6 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 11419 S THROOP ST | Morgan Park | 21 | Completed | 11 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 7942 S MICHIGAN AVE | Chatham | 6 | Completed | 5 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2155 N LATROBE AVE | Belmont Cragin | 26 | Completed | 6 days | Mobile Device | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 1000 W CULLERTON ST | Lower West Side | 25 | Completed | 11 days | Internet | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 8846 S LOOMIS ST | Auburn Gresham | 21 | Completed | 7 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 1033 W NEWPORT AVE | Lake View | 44 | Completed | 12 days | Mobile Device | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 3139 W EASTWOOD AVE | Albany Park | 33 | Completed | 13 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 6146 S WHIPPLE ST | Chicago Lawn | 15 | Completed | 7 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2701 S KOLIN AVE | South Lawndale | 22 | Completed | 10 days | Internet | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2017 S CHINA PL | Armour Square | 11 | Completed | 5 days | Internet | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 3134 W 15TH PL | North Lawndale | 24 | Completed | 7 days | Internet | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 3742 W SUNNYSIDE AVE | Albany Park | 33 | Completed | 13 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 10907 S HARDING AVE | Mount Greenwood | 19 | Completed | 11 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 1026 N DEARBORN ST | Near North Side | 2 | Completed | 13 days | Internet | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2045 W MORSE AVE | West Ridge | 40 | Completed | 6 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2842 S AVERS AVE | South Lawndale | 22 | Completed | 7 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 6239 W FLETCHER ST | Belmont Cragin | 30 | Completed | 14 days | Mobile Device | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 7219 S CALIFORNIA AVE | Chicago Lawn | 18 | Completed | 6 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 5223 W DAKIN ST | Portage Park | 45 | Completed | 13 days | Alderman's Office | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 2708 W BALMORAL AVE | Lincoln Square | 40 | Completed | 7 days | Alderman's Office | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 1400 N LAWLER AVE | Austin | 37 | Completed | 11 days | Alderman's Office | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 5023 W SUNNYSIDE AVE | Portage Park | 45 | Completed | 12 days | Phone Call | City 311 |
| 8/8/2025 | 9652 S LONGWOOD DR | Beverly | 19 | Completed | 11 days | Internet | City 311 |