RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4533 locations in the last 30 days (4687 reports) · Last sighting 2 days 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

53,915 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/24/20267318 N GREENVIEW AVERogers Park49Completed16 daysInternetCity 311
6/8/20267318 N GREENVIEW AVERogers Park49Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/12/20257318 N GREENVIEW AVERogers Park49Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/12/20257318 N GREENVIEW AVERogers Park49Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
10/10/20257317 S WABASH AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/28/20257317 S EUCLID AVESouth Shore7Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/4/20267317 N RIDGE BLVDRogers Park49Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
5/26/20267316 S CARPENTER STEnglewood17Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/6/20257316 N DAMEN AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/23/20267316 N DAMEN AVERogers Park49Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
8/6/20267315 S OGLESBY AVESouth Shore7Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/29/20267315 S LUELLA AVESouth Shore7Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
11/17/20257315 S GREEN STEnglewood17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/26/20257315 N HONORE STRogers Park49Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
12/11/20257314 S MAY STEnglewood17Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
7/28/20257312 N HAMILTON AVEWest Ridge49Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/2/20267311 S HARVARD AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/5/20267311 N WOLCOTT AVERogers Park49Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
4/11/20267311 N WOLCOTT AVERogers Park49Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
3/27/20267311 N WOLCOTT AVERogers Park49Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
2/23/20267310 S STEWART AVEEnglewood6Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
9/14/20267310 S DANTE AVESouth Shore8Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/2025730 W WAVELAND AVELake View46Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/29/2026730 W SHERIDAN RDLake View46Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/27/2026730 W OAKDALE AVELake View44Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
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