RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4381 locations in the last 30 days (4542 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

53,243 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/6/20251825 W IOWA STWest Town36Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/20/20251233 W COLUMBIA AVERogers Park49Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/17/20263459 W BELMONT AVEAvondale35Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/29/20252942 N KENNETH AVEHermosa31Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/1/20266808 S CAMPBELL AVEChicago Lawn16Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/6/20263757 N NEWCASTLE AVEDunning38Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/10/20266238 W BARRY AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/25/20266829 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/10/20263742 N ASHLAND AVELake View47Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/10/2026914 W ARMITAGE AVELincoln Park43Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20266331 W HYACINTH STNorwood Park39Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/25/20266830 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/10/20263746 N ASHLAND AVELake View47Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/25/20266832 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/9/20266951 S EMERALD AVEEnglewood6Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/25/20266820 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/4/20262943 N MARMORA AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/6/20261922 N CLEVELAND AVELincoln Park43Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/6/2025956 N WINCHESTER AVEWest Town36Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/18/20251740 W COLUMBIA AVERogers Park49Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
7/27/20266177 N NAPER AVENorwood Park45Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/25/20266833 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/8/20267513 S EVANS AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/202611108 S GREEN STMorgan Park21Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/7/20265328 S LATROBE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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