RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4349 locations in the last 30 days (4512 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

57,594 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
12/12/20258836 S MARSHFIELD AVEAuburn Gresham18Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/24/20263344 N NARRAGANSETT AVEDunning36Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/19/20263109 N NOTTINGHAM AVEMontclare29Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/17/20262143 W CUYLER AVENorth Center47Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/7/20253932 W 78TH STAshburn18Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/13/20255700 W SCHOOL STPortage Park30Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/22/20263215 N DAYTON STLake View44Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/24/20255200 W 54TH STGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/10/20261128 E HYDE PARK BLVDKenwood4Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/10/20261638 N MOZART STWest Town26Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
12/26/2025855 W GRACE STLake View46Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
11/1/20252452 N NEWCASTLE AVEMontclare36Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
5/25/20264850 S HERMITAGE AVENew City15Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/28/20251708 N LAKE SHORE DR SBLincoln Park43Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
5/26/20261708 W EDMAIRE STMorgan Park21Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/5/20263681 N ELSTON AVEIrving Park33Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/17/20266410 N SPOKANE AVEForest Glen45Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/6/2026166 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/3/20262131 W FARWELL AVEWest Ridge40Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
12/5/202515 S OAKLEY BLVDNear West Side27Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/8/20263759 N CALIFORNIA AVEIrving Park35Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/10/20261128 E HYDE PARK BLVDKenwood4Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
12/26/20253653 S EMERALD AVEBridgeport11Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
2/20/2026844 W WAVELAND AVELake View46Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
2/20/20265238 N NEENAH AVENorwood Park41Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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