RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4466 locations in the last 30 days (4626 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

53,164 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
3/9/202610956 S RIDGEWAY AVEMount Greenwood19Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/7/202610956 S TRUMBULL AVEMount Greenwood19Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
6/7/202610956 S TRUMBULL AVEMount Greenwood19Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/17/202510957 S GREEN STMorgan Park21Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/202610958 S CENTRAL PARK AVEMount Greenwood19Completed5 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/20/202610959 S GEast Side10Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/25/202510959 S GEast Side10Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/5/202610963 S VINCENNES AVEMorgan Park21Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/2/202610963 S VINCENNES AVEMorgan Park21Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/4/202510963 S VINCENNES AVEMorgan Park21Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/22/20251096 W PRATT BLVDRogers Park49Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
6/24/2026109 E BELLEVUE PLNear North Side42Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/10/2025109 N KOSTNER AVEWest Garfield Park28Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/7/2025109 W CHESTNUT STNear North Side2Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
12/17/2025109 W ELM STNear North Side2Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/2/202610 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/14/202510 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/27/202610 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/22/202510 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
9/1/202610 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/14/202510 E CHICAGO AVENear North Side42Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/4/202610 N LEAVITT STNear West Side27Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
4/7/202610 N LEAVITT STNear West Side27Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/27/202510 N LOCKWOOD AVEAustin37Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/4/202610 S KEDZIE AVEEast Garfield Park28Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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