RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4582 locations in the last 30 days (4739 reports) · Last sighting 23 hours 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

54,128 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
4/27/202624 W CHESTNUT STNear North Side42Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/6/2026539 W 45TH PLNew City15Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/12/20264414 N MARMORA AVEPortage Park38Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/11/20263508 S ROCKWELL STBrighton Park12Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/11/20265823 N CHRISTIANA AVENorth Park39Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
3/31/2026353 W 106TH STRoseland21Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/18/20266659 W 64TH PLClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/3/20266465 S LONG AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
4/15/20265310 N NATOMA AVENorwood Park41Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/7/20261215 W GEORGE STLake View32Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/14/20263606 W DOUGLAS BLVDNorth Lawndale24Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/13/2026713 W 61ST STEnglewood16Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
12/17/20252155 N LATROBE AVEBelmont Cragin26Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
11/3/20252705 W BYRON STIrving Park35Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/30/20257627 N ROGERS AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
3/24/20263107 N WESTERN AVENorth Center32Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/28/20261969 N HALSTED STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/18/2026710 E 51ST STGrand Boulevard20Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/23/20268719 S KINGSTON AVESouth Chicago7Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/30/20261822 N RICHMOND STLogan Square26Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/2/20255200 S CARPENTER STNew City20Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/24/20261634 N MEADE AVEAustin29Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/29/2026157 N LAPORTE AVEAustin28Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/17/20262612 N MEADE AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/19/20255354 W AGATITE AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
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