RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4569 locations in the last 30 days (4726 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

54,128 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/26/20255050 W GUNNISON STJefferson Park45Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
7/15/20264035 N KENNETH AVEIrving Park45Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
6/14/20264915 W WINNEMAC AVEForest Glen45Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/28/20264845 W PENSACOLA AVEPortage Park45Open—Phone CallCity 311
8/9/20265354 N LUNA AVEJefferson Park45Completed16 daysInternetCity 311
7/15/20266818 N MENDOTA AVEForest Glen45Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/4/20255139 W WINONA STJefferson Park45Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/9/20255307 N MELVINA AVEJefferson Park45Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/22/20255831 W LAWRENCE AVEPortage Park45Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
7/15/20265313 N LYNCH AVEJefferson Park45Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/10/20255537 W GIDDINGS STPortage Park45Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
9/9/20265354 W AGATITE AVEPortage Park45Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/28/20255633 W LAWRENCE AVEPortage Park45Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/12/20266243 N NAPER AVENorwood Park45Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20264630 N LAWLER AVEPortage Park45Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/25/20257042 N HIAWATHA AVEForest Glen45Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/6/20265154 N ELSTON AVEForest Glen45Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/7/20265036 N LOCKWOOD AVEJefferson Park45Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/25/20255200 N MONITOR AVEJefferson Park45Completed8 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/25/20254705 W BYRON STPortage Park45Completed8 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
10/22/20254837 N CENTRAL AVEJefferson Park45Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/26/20255473 N MASON AVEJefferson Park45Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/20255200 N MEADE AVEJefferson Park45Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/9/20256241 N NAPER AVENorwood Park45Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
3/3/20265109 W PENSACOLA AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
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