RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4626 locations in the last 30 days (4773 reports) · Last sighting 22 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

55,375 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
4/9/20261724 N ARTESIAN AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
4/28/20261724 N AUSTIN AVEAustin29Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
7/4/20261724 N MOHAWK STLincoln Park43Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
7/5/20261724 N MOHAWK STLincoln Park43Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/20/20261724 N OAK PARK AVEAustin29Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/23/20261724 N OAK PARK AVEAustin29Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/25/20251724 N OAK PARK AVEAustin29Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/5/20261724 N SPAULDING AVEHumboldt Park26Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
2/8/20261724 N WINNEBAGO AVEWest Town32Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
12/13/20251724 N WINNEBAGO AVEWest Town32Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20251724 S WABASH AVENear South Side3Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/8/20261724 W 48TH STNew City15Open—Phone CallCity 311
3/8/20261724 W RASCHER AVEEdgewater40Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
9/19/20261724 W ROSCOE STLake View47Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
10/28/20251724 W SCHOOL STLake View32Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/13/20261724 W WINNEMAC AVEUptown40Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/21/20261724 W WOLFRAM STLake View32Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
5/26/20261725 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/20/20261725 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/12/20261725 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed0 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/26/20261725 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/16/20261725 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
5/21/20261725 N KIMBALL AVEHumboldt Park26Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/8/20261725 N MEADE AVEAustin29Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/9/20261725 N SHEFFIELD AVELincoln Park2Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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