RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4615 locations in the last 30 days (4760 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

55,375 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/24/20253850 W ARGYLE STAlbany Park39Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/17/20252254 N SPRINGFIELD AVELogan Square35Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/24/20254724 N KEWANEE AVEAlbany Park39Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20263220 N PITTSBURGH AVEDunning38Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/9/20254021 N SAWYER AVEIrving Park33Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/25/20261411 N PARKSIDE AVEAustin29Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/6/20251346 S WASHTENAW AVENorth Lawndale28Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/31/20253121 S LAWNDALE AVESouth Lawndale22Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20255028 N SPRINGFIELD AVEAlbany Park39Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/23/20263604 N RICHMOND STIrving Park35Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20255038 N SPRINGFIELD AVEAlbany Park39Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/8/20265638 N DRAKE AVENorth Park39Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/18/20255838 N JERSEY AVENorth Park39Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/17/20251648 W NELSON STLake View32Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/8/2025742 N ADA STWest Town27Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/19/20263341 W LE MOYNE STHumboldt Park26Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/31/20255237 S CENTRAL AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/19/20251 E SCHILLER STNear North Side43Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/15/20251152 W NEWPORT AVELake View44Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/12/20253453 N MARSHFIELD AVELake View47Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/30/20265519 W ROSCOE STPortage Park30Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/21/20262828 S PRINCETON AVEArmour Square11Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20261908 W BELLE PLAINE AVENorth Center47Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/17/20252058 W RASCHER AVELincoln Square40Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/9/20261641 W LUNT AVERogers Park49Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
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