RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4470 locations in the last 30 days (4630 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

53,164 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/22/2026120 E 49TH STGrand Boulevard3Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/6/20252100 S MICHIGAN AVENear South Side3Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
6/21/20261628 S DEARBORN STNear South Side3Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
12/21/20251326 S MICHIGAN AVENear South Side3Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
12/26/2025519 E 44TH STGrand Boulevard3Completed0 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/9/20251317 S STATE STNear South Side3Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
6/13/2026321 E CULLERTON STNear South Side3Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/16/20252101 S MICHIGAN AVENear South Side3Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/12/20251301 S FEDERAL STNear South Side3Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
6/23/20261340 S MICHIGAN AVENear South Side3Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/8/20253365 S INDIANA AVEDouglas3Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/9/2025345 W 42ND PLFuller Park3Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/4/2026430 E 48TH PLGrand Boulevard3Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/11/2025345 W 42ND PLFuller Park3Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/22/202666 E 21ST STNear South Side3Open—Phone CallCity 311
3/21/20263600 S CALUMET AVEDouglas3Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/19/202632 W 18TH STNear South Side3Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
6/21/202618 W 18TH STNear South Side3Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
3/22/20264200 S WABASH AVEGrand Boulevard3Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/21/2025243 W ROOSEVELT RDNear South Side3Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/18/202625D W 15TH STNear South Side3Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
6/9/20264541 S INDIANA AVEGrand Boulevard3Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/20/20261600 S WABASH AVENear South Side3Completed0 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/20/20264720 S ST LAWRENCE AVEGrand Boulevard3Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/29/20261439 S WABASH AVENear South Side3Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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