RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4578 locations in the last 30 days (4758 reports) · Last sighting 14 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

58,010 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
9/23/20253500 N LARAMIE AVEPortage Park31Completed3 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/25/20258348 S MAY STAuburn Gresham17Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/28/202510624 S MAPLEWOOD AVEBeverly19Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/6/20263301 W 79TH STAshburn18Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/25/20261537 W AUGUSTA BLVDWest Town1Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
2/20/20267519 S OGLESBY AVESouth Shore7Completed3 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/25/20254518 N PAULINA STUptown47Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/18/20264152 N PLAINFIELD AVEDunning38Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/9/20265216 S MAYFIELD AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/27/2026530 W 46TH STNew City15Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/19/20262531 N CALIFORNIA AVELogan Square1Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/13/20256012 N MARMORA AVEJefferson Park39Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/8/20263916 W 82ND PLAshburn18Completed3 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/2/20254319 W ROSCOE STIrving Park30Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/13/20256018 N MARMORA AVEJefferson Park39Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/31/20265717 W CORNELIA AVEPortage Park30Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/6/20263914 W FILLMORENorth Lawndale24Completed3 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
5/15/20268259 S BURLEY AVESouth Chicago7Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/13/20256010 N MARMORA AVEJefferson Park39Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/27/20267024 S EMERALD AVEEnglewood6Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/20/20265148 S MENARD AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/15/20256159 S WASHTENAW AVEChicago Lawn16Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/31/20265721 W CORNELIA AVEPortage Park30Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/1/20255213 S CENTRAL AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/13/20256008 N MARMORA AVEJefferson Park39Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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