RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4534 locations in the last 30 days (4688 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
8/27/20252800 W LAWRENCE AVELincoln Square40Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/2/20255100 S PARKSIDE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/29/20256331 N LAKEWOOD AVEEdgewater48Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/22/20268049 S DREXEL AVEChatham8Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/11/20263743 W 66TH STWest Lawn23Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/31/20255100 W GRACE STPortage Park30Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/5/20252854 N MENARD AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/30/2026639 W WELLINGTON AVELake View44Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/18/20262957 N HARDING AVEAvondale31Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/5/20255337 N SAWYER AVENorth Park39Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
10/2/20255058 W SCHOOL STPortage Park31Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/19/20262023 N LECLAIRE AVEBelmont Cragin26Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/20255359 S NEWCASTLE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/10/20265708 S OAK PARK AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/17/2026715 W 51ST STNew City20Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/17/2026120 E 49TH STGrand Boulevard3Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/11/20253714 N HERMITAGE AVELake View47Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/28/20264710 N KENMORE AVEUptown46Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/26/20262008 S ALLPORT STLower West Side25Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/28/20252254 N RACINE AVELincoln Park2Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/5/20262548 W SUPERIOR STWest Town36Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20267854 S CHAMPLAIN AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20262743 W DIVISION STWest Town26Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/16/20259332 S ESCANABA AVECalumet Heights7Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/18/20261446 W ADDISON STLake View44Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
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