RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4575 locations in the last 30 days (4730 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

53,915 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
5/5/2026740 S INDEPENDENCE BLVDWest Garfield Park24Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/27/2023740 S FEDERAL STLoop4Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/2023740 S FEDERAL STLoop4Completed16 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/14/2025740 S CLAREMONT AVENear West Side28Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/19/2025740 E 93RD STChatham8Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
8/26/2025740 E 92ND PLChatham8Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/15/2025740 E 92ND PLChatham8Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/2/2026740 E 41ST STGrand Boulevard4Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/20/20257409 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/5/20267409 N WASHTENAW AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
8/17/20257408 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/13/20267408 N OAKLEY AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/3/20257407 S DREXEL AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
2/23/20267406 S CRANDON AVESouth Shore7Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/8/20267406 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Ridge50Completed0 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/27/20267406 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/28/20267406 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Ridge50Open—Phone CallCity 311
8/29/20257405 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20257405 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/1/20267405 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/1/20257405 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/18/20257405 S INDIANA AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
2/23/20267405 S EVANS AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
3/26/20267405 N HOYNE AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/15/20257404 S INGLESIDE AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
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