RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4457 locations in the last 30 days (4621 reports) · Last sighting 12 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

53,243 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
4/14/20261109 W 71ST STEnglewood17Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/4/2025110 E BALBO DRLoop42Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
9/20/2025110 E BALBO DRLoop42Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
9/25/2025110 E JACKSON DRLoop42Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
10/4/2025110 E MONROE DRLoop42Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
3/20/2026110 N KARLOV AVEWest Garfield Park28Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/5/202511100 S AVENUE DEast Side10Completed2 daysWalk-inCity 311
11/5/202511100 S AVENUE EEast Side10Completed2 daysWalk-inCity 311
9/18/202611100 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/5/202511101 S AVENUE CEast Side10Completed2 daysWalk-inCity 311
11/5/202511101 S AVENUE DEast Side10Completed2 daysWalk-inCity 311
4/17/202611101 S GREEN STMorgan Park21Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/16/202611101 S GREEN STMorgan Park21Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/8/202511101 S WASHTENAW AVEMorgan Park19Completed9 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/8/202611102 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/13/202511102 S INDIANA AVERoseland9Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/202611108 S GREEN STMorgan Park21Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/28/20261110 N HERMITAGE AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/22/20261110 N HERMITAGE AVEWest Town1Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261110 N LECLAIRE AVEAustin37Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
7/25/20261110 N LECLAIRE AVEAustin37Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
3/12/20261110 N SPRINGFIELD AVEHumboldt Park37Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/4/20261110 N STATE STNear North Side2Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/4/20261110 W 112TH PLMorgan Park21Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/4/20251110 W DICKENS AVELincoln Park43Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
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