RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4552 locations in the last 30 days (4707 reports) · Last sighting yesterday

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What am I looking at?

Each circle is a Chicago neighborhood. The number is its report count — click one to zoom in and see individual sightings there.

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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.

Why Chicago keeps score on its rats

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?

What’s actually on the map

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.

Reading 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.

Browse every sighting

53,761 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
7/26/20257952 S MERRILL AVESouth Chicago8Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/10/20251235 E 97TH PLPullman8Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/30/2026948 E 83RD STChatham8Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/8/2026706 E 92ND STChatham8Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/21/20268240 S DREXEL AVEChatham8Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/24/20251252 E 95TH PLPullman8Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/10/20268454 S BENNETT AVEAvalon Park8Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/13/2026733 E 88TH PLChatham8Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/7/20268521 S STONY ISLAND AVEAvalon Park8Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/20/20251256 E 95TH PLPullman8Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/12/20251501 E 76TH STSouth Shore8Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
1/27/2026523 E 87TH STChatham8Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/20/20258836 S PAXTON AVECalumet Heights8Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/27/20251252 E 95TH PLPullman8Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/27/20268256 S KIMBARK AVEAvalon Park8Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/22/20258112 S AVALON AVEAvalon Park8Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/12/20268152 S JEFFERY BLVDSouth Chicago8Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/13/20268124 S CRANDON AVESouth Chicago8Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
1/25/20267638 S EUCLID AVESouth Shore8Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
9/21/20259035 S CORNELL AVECalumet Heights8Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/25/20267632 S EUCLID AVESouth Shore8Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/24/20257848 S AVALON AVEAvalon Park8Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
9/7/20268832 S KENWOOD AVECalumet Heights8Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20267836 S JEFFERY BLVDSouth Shore8Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20268412 S DANTE AVEAvalon Park8Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
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