RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4273 locations in the last 30 days (4427 reports) · Last sighting 14 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

56,467 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/11/20252112 W MADISON STNear West Side27Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/20/20252112 W MADISON STNear West Side27Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/26/20262112 W WALTON STWest Town36Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
6/23/20262112 W WILSON AVELincoln Square47Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
7/29/20252113 N CICERO AVEBelmont Cragin26Completed9 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
12/9/20252113 N CLARK STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/4/20252113 N CLIFTON AVELincoln Park43Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/26/20262113 N CLIFTON AVELincoln Park43Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/13/20262113 N SPRINGFIELD AVELogan Square35Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
9/28/20262113 S CENTRAL PARK AVENorth Lawndale24Completed16 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/6/20262113 W NORTH AVEWest Town1Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/1/20262113 W ROSCOE STNorth Center32Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
10/6/20252113 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/17/20262113 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/7/20262113 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/24/20262114 N BINGHAM STLogan Square1Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/21/20262114 N HOYNE AVELogan Square32Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/6/20262114 N HOYNE AVELogan Square32Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
12/9/20252114 N MENARD AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
9/27/20252114 N MONITOR AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/24/20262114 N MONITOR AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
2/14/20262114 N SPRINGFIELD AVELogan Square35Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/4/20252114 N WESTERN AVELogan Square1Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/24/20252114 S ALBANY AVESouth Lawndale24Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/11/20252114 S TRUMBULL AVENorth Lawndale24Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
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