RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4452 locations in the last 30 days (4615 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

53,341 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
1/2/202611416 S EGGLESTON AVERoseland21Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/21/202611418 S WATKINS AVEMorgan Park21Canceled1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/8/202511419 S THROOP STMorgan Park21Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/23/202611419 S THROOP STMorgan Park21Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20231141 E 50TH STKenwood4Completed19 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/10/20241141 E 50TH STKenwood4Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/17/20261141 N LARAMIE AVEAustin37Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/23/20251141 N SACRAMENTO AVEWest Town26Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/31/20261141 S WESTERN AVENear West Side28Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
11/20/20251141 W 31ST STBridgeport11Completed0 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/7/20261141 W NORTH SHORE AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/17/20261141 W PATTERSON AVELake View44Open—InternetCity 311
9/30/202511420 S BISHOP STMorgan Park21Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
8/22/202511420 S HAMLIN AVEMount Greenwood19Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/202511420 S HAMLIN AVEMount Greenwood19Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/7/202511420 S HOMAN AVEMount Greenwood19Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
10/14/202511421 S FORRESTVILLE AVEPullman9Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
12/28/202511421 S PARNELL AVERoseland21Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/9/202511421 S PARNELL AVERoseland21Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/29/202511422 S FOREST AVERoseland9Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/13/202611424 S ST LAWRENCE AVEPullman9Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/23/202611425 S FORRESTVILLE AVEPullman9Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/4/202611426 S KEDZIE AVEMount Greenwood19Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/28/202611426 S KEDZIE AVEMount Greenwood19Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/2/202611427 S FORRESTVILLE AVEPullman9Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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