RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4398 locations in the last 30 days (4560 reports) · Last sighting 19 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
8/17/20251117 W LILL AVELincoln Park43Completed16 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/15/20261117 W LILL AVELincoln Park43Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/11/20251117 W NORTH SHORE AVERogers Park49Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/13/20261117 W NORTH SHORE AVERogers Park49Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/16/20251117 W PATTERSON AVELake View44Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/28/20251117 W PATTERSON AVELake View44Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20261117 W PATTERSON AVELake View44Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/10/20261117 W VERNON PARK PLNear West Side34Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20251118 N LAWNDALE AVEHumboldt Park27Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
11/24/20251118 N LEAMINGTON AVEAustin37Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
3/31/20261118 N STATENear North Side2Completed1 daySalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
2/17/20261118 N STATENear North Side2Completed0 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
1/19/20261118 N STATE STNear North Side2Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20261118 N STATE STNear North Side2Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/14/20261118 N STATE STNear North Side2Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/11/20261118 W 17TH STLower West Side25Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
9/3/20261118 W 18TH STLower West Side25Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
4/7/20261118 W 77TH STAuburn Gresham17Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/21/20261118 W FULLERTON AVELincoln Park43Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
2/23/20261118 W WEBSTER AVELincoln Park43Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/9/20261118 W WILSON AVEUptown46Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
8/29/20261119 N HARDING AVEHumboldt Park37Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/12/20261119 N HARDING AVEHumboldt Park37Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/6/20251119 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20251119 N PAULINA STWest Town1Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
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