RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4502 locations in the last 30 days (4668 reports) · Last sighting 20 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

52,998 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
2/12/20262848 W SHERWIN AVEWest Ridge50Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/20263033 W JARVIS AVEWest Ridge50Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/15/20263000 W JARVIS AVEWest Ridge50Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/19/20266328 N BELL AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/16/20266244 N CAMPBELL AVEWest Ridge50Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/10/20263025 W SHERWIN AVEWest Ridge50Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
12/29/20256322 N ALBANY AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/30/20252001 W MORSE AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/24/20266161 N HAMILTON AVEWest Ridge40Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/11/20262536 W COYLE AVEWest Ridge40Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/11/20266341 N RICHMOND STWest Ridge50Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
2/13/20266222 N FRANCISCO AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
12/29/20256246 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/28/20256332 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/11/20265848 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge40Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/6/20262712 W ESTES AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/18/20262111 W GRANVILLE AVEWest Ridge40Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/8/20266635 N ARTESIAN AVEWest Ridge50Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/7/20266106 N WASHTENAW AVEWest Ridge40Completed8 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
6/27/20266127 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge40Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/31/20262307 W MORSE AVEWest Ridge40Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/23/20256123 N WINCHESTER AVEWest Ridge40Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
12/24/20256112 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/25/20253000 W PRATT BLVDWest Ridge50Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/25/20252737 W FARGO AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
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