RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4744 locations in the last 30 days (4901 reports) · Last sighting 13 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
9/2/2026938 N WOOD STWest Town36Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
10/2/20253500 W PALMER STLogan Square35Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/12/20254328 N FRANCISCO AVEIrving Park33Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/24/202610706 S LONGWOOD DRMorgan Park19Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/22/2025540 W 43RD PLNew City11Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/10/20255292 N LUNA AVEJefferson Park45Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/25/20264426 N CAMPBELL AVELincoln Square47Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/12/20263841 W 61ST PLWest Lawn23Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/31/20258949 S WALLACE STAuburn Gresham21Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/22/202511353 S HAMLIN AVEMount Greenwood19Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/25/20265942 W BYRON STPortage Park38Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/29/202611124 S HOYNE AVEMorgan Park19Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/9/20252044 W HURON STWest Town36Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/17/20251225 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELincoln Park32Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/12/20257712 S WOOD STAuburn Gresham17Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20253126 N SEMINARY AVELake View44Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/22/20253148 S RACINE AVEBridgeport11Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20255638 W GUNNISON STJefferson Park45Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/4/20253213 W LAWRENCE AVEAlbany Park33Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/6/20256331 N SPOKANE AVEForest Glen39Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20263617 W 82ND STAshburn18Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/20256900 N SHERIDAN RDRogers Park49Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/13/20265422 W BERTEAU AVEPortage Park38Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/1/20251403 W WARNER AVELake View47Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/14/20265225 W HENDERSON STPortage Park31Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
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