RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4456 locations in the last 30 days (4621 reports) · Last sighting 11 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

56,705 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
10/29/20257134 S CARPENTER STEnglewood17Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/16/20267223 S SPAULDING AVEChicago Lawn17Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
8/28/20267811 S WOOD STAuburn Gresham17Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
10/29/20251455 W 71ST STWest Englewood17Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/11/20257032 S LAFLIN STWest Englewood17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/2/20257516 S SANGAMON STAuburn Gresham17Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/25/20251520 W 73RD STWest Englewood17Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/20257223 S SPAULDING AVEChicago Lawn17Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
2/25/20267816 S EMERALD AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
10/24/20257114 S HONORE STWest Englewood17Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
10/24/20252513 W 71ST STChicago Lawn17Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/5/20257410 S RACINE AVEWest Englewood17Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/14/20258113 S PAULINA STAuburn Gresham17Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/21/20258640 S CARPENTER STAuburn Gresham17Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/17/20267047 S CALIFORNIA AVEChicago Lawn17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/28/20256841 S ASHLAND AVEWest Englewood17Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/22/20258004 S MAY STAuburn Gresham17Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/21/20251403 W 73RD PLWest Englewood17Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/5/20251263 W 74TH STWest Englewood17Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/6/20256814 S WOLCOTT AVEWest Englewood17Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
2/23/20267509 S GREEN STAuburn Gresham17Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
10/14/20267807 S MAY STAuburn Gresham17Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/14/20258547 S THROOP STAuburn Gresham17Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/13/20267214 S PAULINA STWest Englewood17Open—InternetCity 311
11/20/20257555 S MARSHFIELD AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
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