RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4527 locations in the last 30 days (4675 reports) · Last sighting 2 days ago

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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

54,551 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/28/20261508 W DIVERSEY PKWYLake View32Completed17 daysInternetCity 311
2/24/20261508 W DIVERSEY PKWYLake View32Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
10/29/20251508 W HIGHLAND AVEEdgewater48Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
7/25/20261508 W JARVIS AVERogers Park49Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
7/15/20261508 W LUNT AVERogers Park49Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
9/1/20261508 W OAKDALE AVELake View32Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/10/20251508 W SUPERIOR STWest Town1Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
4/23/20261508 W WILSON AVEUptown47Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/5/20251509 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20251509 N SEDGWICK STNear North Side27Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/2/20261509 W 18TH STLower West Side25Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/17/20261509 W FRY STWest Town1Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/29/20251509 W FRY STWest Town1Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/24/20261509 W SHERWIN AVERogers Park49Completed16 daysInternetCity 311
1/16/2026150 N STATE STLoop42Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
10/26/2025150 N WACKER DRLoop42Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/9/2026150 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/5/2026150 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
9/16/2026150 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/19/2026150 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
7/3/2026150 W MAPLE STNear North Side27Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
8/3/2026150 W MAPLE STNear North Side27Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
9/23/2025150 W MAPLE STNear North Side27Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/2025150 W MAPLE STNear North Side27Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/12/20251510 N ELK GROVE AVEWest Town1Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
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