RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4712 locations in the last 30 days (4865 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

54,807 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/12/20261524 W NORWOOD STEdgewater48Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/13/20261525 E 86TH PLAvalon Park8Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/25/20251525 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/18/20261525 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
11/26/20251525 N LOREL AVEAustin37Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
9/4/20251525 N LUNA AVEAustin37Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/28/20261525 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/24/20251525 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/22/20251525 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/6/20261525 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/13/20261525 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/2/20261525 N SPRINGFIELD AVEHumboldt Park26Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/13/20261525 N WELLS STNear North Side2Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/21/20251525 S HARDING AVENorth Lawndale24Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20251525 S HARDING AVENorth Lawndale24Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/20251525 S HARDING AVENorth Lawndale24Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
10/12/20251525 S TRUMBULL AVENorth Lawndale24Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/15/20261525 S TRUMBULL AVENorth Lawndale24Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
5/17/20261525 W 19TH STLower West Side25Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
10/9/20251525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
2/15/20261525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/20/20251525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/3/20261525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/8/20261525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/20/20251525 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
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