RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4482 locations in the last 30 days (4647 reports) · Last sighting 23 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
4/13/20262146 W HURON STWest Town36Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/4/20261236 W OAKDALE AVELake View32Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/24/20263707 N LINDER AVEPortage Park30Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/17/2026228 E 69TH PLGreater Grand Crossing6Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/12/20262427 W BELLE PLAINE AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
12/10/20253700 N SPAULDING AVEIrving Park33Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
4/2/20263346 W MONROE STEast Garfield Park28Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/23/20262457 W CULLOM AVENorth Center47Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/5/20261752 W ALBION AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/6/20265300 W AGATITE AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/11/20261016 W CULLERTON STLower West Side25Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/12/20261743 N SEDGWICK STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/17/20261619 W HUBBARD STWest Town27Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
11/30/20254316 S HERMITAGE AVENew City15Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/18/20264916 W HUTCHINSON STPortage Park45Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/19/20261641 S CHICAGO RIVERNear South Side11Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/29/2025735 W 48TH STNew City15Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/10/20266534 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/10/20266542 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/10/20266540 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/22/20265215 N MELVINA AVEJefferson Park45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/16/20252014 W BIRCHWOOD AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
12/17/20252927 W FITCH AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/5/20265641 S EMERALD AVEEnglewood16Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/10/20266536 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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