RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4422 locations in the last 30 days (4582 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

56,907 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/8/202610431 S OAKLEY AVEBeverly19Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/2026187 E PEARSON STNear North Side2Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/1/20264838 W SCHOOL STPortage Park31Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/22/20262514 S ST LOUIS AVESouth Lawndale22Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/28/20265828 W SUPERIOR STAustin29Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/4/20264435 N RACINE AVEUptown46Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
10/26/2025611 S WELLS STLoop34Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/6/20261417 S SPRINGFIELD AVENorth Lawndale24Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/24/20261051 W 32ND STBridgeport11Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/24/20251144 W 115TH STMorgan Park21Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/3/20261416 W TAYLOR STNear West Side28Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
7/7/20261447 N WELLS STNear North Side2Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/2026213 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side2Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/2/20261518 N GREENVIEW AVEWest Town1Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/13/20261656 N AVERS AVEHumboldt Park26Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/16/20265535 S WOOD STWest Englewood16Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
1/31/20261603 S DRAKE AVENorth Lawndale24Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
10/20/20259 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
5/12/20265155 N NAGLE AVEJefferson Park41Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/24/2025559 W 42ND STNew City11Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/7/20265023 N WINCHESTER AVELincoln Square40Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/15/20262240 W MONROE STNear West Side27Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/15/20264919 W WINNEMAC AVEForest Glen45Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/26/20266149 N BROADWAYEdgewater48Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
3/28/20262413 N SPAULDING AVELogan Square35Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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