RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4428 locations in the last 30 days (4590 reports) · Last sighting 22 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

56,907 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/20/20268056 S HERMITAGE AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/6/20263425 W 71ST PLChicago Lawn17Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/29/20266936 S RACINE AVEWest Englewood17Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/13/20261225 W 72ND PLWest Englewood17Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/29/20268246S S BISHOP STAuburn Gresham17Completed21 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/29/20267931 S HERMITAGE AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/29/20268250 S LAFLIN STAuburn Gresham17Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/27/20257410 S RACINE AVEWest Englewood17Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/16/20266934 S OAKLEY AVEChicago Lawn17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/16/20268208 S SANGAMON STAuburn Gresham17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/16/20267500 S WOOD STAuburn Gresham17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/27/20267731 S ABERDEEN STAuburn Gresham17Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/29/20257326 S RACINE AVEWest Englewood17Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/28/20267123 S WINCHESTER AVEWest Englewood17Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/28/20267748 S SANGAMON STAuburn Gresham17Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/28/20267719 S MARSHFIELD AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/28/20257345 S ABERDEEN STEnglewood17Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/16/20267548 S EMERALD AVEEnglewood17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/6/20267816 S EMERALD AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
10/11/20267605 S HONORE STAuburn Gresham17Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/16/20267752 S NORMAL AVEGreater Grand Crossing17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/6/20267654 S LOWE AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20251403 W 73RD PLWest Englewood17Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/28/20267149 S WINCHESTER AVEWest Englewood17Completed11 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/7/20267800 S LAFLIN STAuburn Gresham17Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
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