RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4565 locations in the last 30 days (4732 reports) · Last sighting 14 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

52,998 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/8/20269124 S PAXTON AVECalumet Heights7Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
8/18/20259123 S YATES AVECalumet Heights7Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
11/1/20259121 S MACKINAW AVESouth Chicago10Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20259121 S EAST END AVECalumet Heights8Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
9/26/2025911 W SCHOOL STLake View44Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/12/2026911 W ROSCOE STLake View44Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/14/2025911 W EASTWOOD AVEUptown46Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/14/2025911 W 32ND STBridgeport11Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/31/2026911 W 32ND STBridgeport11Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/1/2026911 W 32ND STBridgeport11Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
1/22/2026911 W 32ND STBridgeport11Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/18/2025911 W 32ND PLBridgeport11Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
8/14/2025911 W 32ND PLBridgeport11Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
10/12/2025911 S COLUMBUS DRLoop4Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
8/4/2026911 N RIDGEWAY AVEHumboldt Park27Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/1/2026911 N RIDGEWAY AVEHumboldt Park27Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/17/2025911 N LECLAIRE AVEAustin37Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/27/2025911 N LECLAIRE AVEAustin37Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/4/2025911 N DAMEN AVEWest Town36Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/17/2026911 N DAMEN AVEWest Town36Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/22/2025911 N DAMEN AVEWest Town36Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/17/2025911 N CENTRAL AVEAustin37Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/15/2026911 N CENTRAL AVEAustin37Open—Phone CallCity 311
3/6/2026911 N CENTRAL AVEAustin37Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/29/2026911 N CENTRAL AVEAustin37Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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