RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4547 locations in the last 30 days (4702 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

53,915 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
5/22/2026727 E 111TH STPullman9Completed0 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/16/202512000 S PRAIRIE AVEWest Pullman9Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/10/202552 W 107TH STRoseland9Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
3/26/20269636 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/26/202610052 S LAFAYETTE AVERoseland9Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/7/202511154 S VERNON AVERoseland9Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/15/202651 E 98TH STRoseland9Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/7/202610805 S CALUMET AVERoseland9Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/8/202510529 S FOREST AVERoseland9Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/7/202511434 S FOREST AVERoseland9Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
5/27/2026437 W 95TH PLWashington Heights9Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/31/20259556 S LASALLE STRoseland9Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
3/26/202612516 S UNION AVEWest Pullman9Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/12/202610811 S FOREST AVERoseland9Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/6/2025525 W 128TH STWest Pullman9Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/7/2025303 E 113TH STRoseland9Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
7/7/202610619 S PERRY AVERoseland9Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/7/202610129 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/28/2025116 W 110TH STRoseland9Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/8/202512536 S INDIANA AVEWest Pullman9Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/7/202510521 S CORLISS AVEPullman9Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/8/202611102 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/10/2026216 E 109TH STRoseland9Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/7/202512214 S WENTWORTH AVEWest Pullman9Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/6/20269129 S PERRY AVERoseland9Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
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