RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4528 locations in the last 30 days (4676 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

54,551 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/17/202541 N LOTUS AVEAustin37Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/8/20256305 W 59TH STClearing13Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/13/20263320 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELogan Square35Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/23/20261838 N MAUD AVELincoln Park43Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20261620 N ARTESIAN AVEWest Town1Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/13/20266536 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/22/20268146 S MAPLEWOOD AVEAshburn18Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/8/20256210 S PARKSIDE AVEClearing13Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/12/20254300 N KIMBALL AVEIrving Park33Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/20266534 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/8/20264241 W AUGUSTA BLVDHumboldt Park37Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/16/20266259 W 64TH STClearing13Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/31/20251653 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/22/20251733 W PETERSON AVEEdgewater40Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/14/20253930 N JANSSEN AVELake View46Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/202612334 S LAFAYETTE AVEWest Pullman9Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/6/20254900 W FULLERTON AVEBelmont Cragin31Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/3/2025937 N HONORE STWest Town36Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/28/20251008 S MONITOR AVEAustin29Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/11/20262338 W RICE STWest Town36Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/25/20263941 N HERMITAGE AVELake View47Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/20261970 N WILMOT AVELogan Square32Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20252553 N MCVICKER AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/22/2025639 W 109TH STRoseland21Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/23/20263300 W NORTH AVEHumboldt Park26Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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