RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4508 locations in the last 30 days (4658 reports) · Last sighting 21 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
9/16/20253914 N SAWYER AVEIrving Park33Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/20/20253230 W MARQUETTE RDChicago Lawn14Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/5/20263259 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELogan Square35Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/3/20263137 N OAKLEY AVENorth Center32Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/28/20251932 N LAWNDALE AVELogan Square26Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/23/202611449 S CHAMPLAIN AVEPullman9Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/13/20266131 S WOOD STWest Englewood15Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/23/20255823 N CHRISTIANA AVENorth Park39Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/5/20263261 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELogan Square35Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/11/20265400 S WASHTENAW AVEGage Park14Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
2/1/20264446 S ARCHER AVEBrighton Park12Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
11/18/20252628 N WAYNE AVELincoln Park32Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/3/20266522 S KEATING AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
4/7/20264700 S MICHIGAN AVEGrand Boulevard3Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/13/20261553 E 93RD STCalumet Heights8Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/5/20264043 N DAMEN AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/30/20255725 N JERSEY AVENorth Park39Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/1/20263044 W THORNDALE AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/5/20254138 N CLAREMONT AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/9/20254842 N ALBANY AVEAlbany Park33Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/8/20266517 W FOSTER AVENorwood Park41Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/13/20263608 S UNION AVEBridgeport11Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
4/16/20265500 S PRINCETON AVEEnglewood20Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/17/20257544 S HOYNE AVEAuburn Gresham18Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/1/20264847 S WINCHESTER AVENew City15Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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