RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4590 locations in the last 30 days (4755 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

53,164 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
2/3/20265904 W 64TH PLClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/16/20265301 S NARRAGANSETT AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/31/20262131 N CLIFTON AVELincoln Park43Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
12/23/20252302 W FARWELL AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/19/20268147 S CALUMET AVEChatham6Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/13/20264241 N MOZART STIrving Park33Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/27/20262305 N MOODY AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
3/22/2026957 N WINCHESTER AVEWest Town36Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/11/2026128 N LARAMIE AVEAustin37Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
2/12/20265132 S PRAIRIE AVEWashington Park3Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
4/21/2026209 E 69TH PLGreater Grand Crossing6Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/15/20267811 S MAY STAuburn Gresham17Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/16/20264629 S EVANS AVEGrand Boulevard4Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
11/20/20252103 N LOREL AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/20/20261608 W TOUHY AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/13/20265323 W WRIGHTWOOD AVEBelmont Cragin31Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/18/20262034 N DAYTON STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/13/20253534 N FREMONT STLake View44Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
1/26/20262836 N MELVINA AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/25/20267646 S MORGAN STAuburn Gresham17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/9/20266500 W 60TH STClearing13Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/10/20263721 N WAYNE AVELake View44Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
4/22/20261528 N CLEVELAND AVENear North Side2Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/15/20265406 W CORTEZ STAustin37Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/27/20262307 N MOODY AVEBelmont Cragin36Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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