RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4384 locations in the last 30 days (4539 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

53,341 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
5/31/20267800 S WINCHESTER AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/9/20267800 S VERNON AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/22/20257800 S UNION AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/30/20257800 S UNION AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/3/20257800 S UNION AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/23/20267800 S UNION AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/29/20257800 S SOUTH SHORE DRSouth Shore7Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
1/5/20267800 S RIDGELAND AVESouth Shore8Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/20267800 S LAFLIN STAuburn Gresham17Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/28/20267800 S JEFFERY BLVDSouth Shore8Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/9/20267800 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
4/29/20267800 S HONORE STAuburn Gresham17Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/20/20267800 S HOMAN AVEAshburn18Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/13/20267800 S DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DRGreater Grand Crossing6Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/8/20267800 S DAMEN AVEAuburn Gresham18Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/6/20267800 S CONSTANCE AVESouth Shore8Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
11/26/20257800 S CHAMPLAIN AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
1/30/20267800 S BURNHAM AVESouth Shore7Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/23/20267774 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
5/29/20267774 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
5/24/20267769 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
6/8/20267769 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
8/16/20257765 W THORNDALE AVENorwood Park41Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
9/19/20267763 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
4/6/20267760 N EASTLAKE TERRogers Park49Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
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