RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4602 locations in the last 30 days (4757 reports) · Last sighting 13 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

54,350 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
1/6/20262208 N KIMBALL AVELogan Square35Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/17/20254615 N LAWLER AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/27/20262 E WALTON STNear North Side42Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
1/21/20266846 S CORNELL AVESouth Shore5Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/11/20254141 N KENMORE AVEUptown46Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/1/20262741 N MARSHFIELD AVELincoln Park32Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/1/20263924 N JANSSEN AVELake View46Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
3/26/2026544 W BROMPTON AVELake View46Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/7/202611801 S BELL AVEMorgan Park19Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/7/20262332 W JACKSON BLVDNear West Side27Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/25/20263831 N LAKEWOOD AVELake View44Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/3/20266459 S KNOX AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/6/202679 N SANGAMON STNear West Side34Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/16/20262126 W MOFFAT STLogan Square32Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/2/20267363 N WINCHESTER AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/12/20266148 S PARKSIDE AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/2/20251246 W 50TH STNew City20Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/15/20257150 S CALIFORNIA AVEChicago Lawn18Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/11/20266812 S EVANS AVEWoodlawn6Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
6/8/20266010 N WINCHESTER AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
4/7/20263900 W DIVISION STHumboldt Park37Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/2/20266200 S OAK PARK AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/16/20263501 N ORIOLE AVEDunning38Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
5/11/20265514 N LONG AVEJefferson Park45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/3/20255139 S KOLIN AVEArcher Heights23Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
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