RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4615 locations in the last 30 days (4776 reports) · Last sighting 18 hours 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

54,128 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
7/14/20261234 W 31ST STBridgeport11Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/29/20266400 S HERMITAGE AVEWest Englewood15Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/3/20261605 N TROY STHumboldt Park26Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/14/20262252 N CLEVELAND AVELincoln Park43Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/10/2026440 W 44TH STNew City15Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/3/20262620 W NORTH AVEWest Town26Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/3/20266559 S DAMEN AVEWest Englewood16Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20256607 S MARSHFIELD AVEWest Englewood16Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/7/20261325 N CENTRAL AVEAustin37Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/4/20261518 N HARDING AVEHumboldt Park26Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/14/20264342 W CERMAK RDNorth Lawndale24Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/3/20262622 W NORTH AVEWest Town26Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/28/20256348 S ELLIS AVEWoodlawn20Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/2/20253428 W 54TH PLGage Park14Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/20256500 W 63RD PLClearing13Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20263139 N RACINE AVELake View44Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
9/15/20261900 W 63RD STWest Englewood16Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/15/20261901 W 59TH STWest Englewood16Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/15/20261600 W 63RD STWest Englewood16Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/2/20255328 S NARRAGANSETT AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/10/20269600 S ESCANABA AVESouth Deering10Completed13 daysWalk-inCity 311
9/2/20256206 S EVANS AVEWoodlawn20Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/4/20262434 N JANSSEN AVELincoln Park32Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20262448 W CUYLER AVENorth Center47Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/15/20261901 W 59TH STWest Englewood16Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
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