RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4764 locations in the last 30 days (4923 reports) · Last sighting 12 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

55,179 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
5/14/20266461 N NEWCASTLE AVENorwood Park41Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
8/26/20266460 W HIGGINS AVENorwood Park41Completed15 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/23/20256460 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
2/19/2026645 W BELDEN AVELincoln Park43Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/30/2025645 S FEDERAL STLoop4Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
1/11/2026645 E 62ND STWoodlawn20Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/25/2025645 E 41ST STGrand Boulevard4Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/29/2026645 E 41ST STGrand Boulevard4Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/24/20256459 S KNOX AVEClearing13Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
10/1/20256459 S KNOX AVEClearing13Completed8 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
2/3/20266459 S KNOX AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
2/5/20266459 S KNOX AVEClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/9/20266459 S DAMEN AVEWest Englewood16Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/25/20256459 N OKETO AVEEdison Park41Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
4/22/20266458 W 60TH STClearing13Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/25/20256458 S LAPORTE AVEClearing13Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/20/20256458 S LAFLIN STWest Englewood16Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/14/20266458 S HAMLIN AVEWest Lawn23Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/31/20266458 N CAMPBELL AVEWest Ridge50Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20266458 N CAMPBELL AVEWest Ridge50Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/20256457 S SANGAMON STEnglewood16Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/4/20256457 S SANGAMON STEnglewood16Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/9/20266457 S SANGAMON STEnglewood16Completed15 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/7/20266457 S SANGAMON STEnglewood16Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
1/6/20266457 S OAKLEY AVEChicago Lawn16Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
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