RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4579 locations in the last 30 days (4737 reports) · Last sighting 15 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

56,073 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
11/20/20251600 W SUMMERDALE AVEEdgewater40Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/15/20265858 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge40Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
3/31/20262551 W RASCHER AVELincoln Square40Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
10/14/20262233 W BERWYN AVELincoln Square40Open—Phone CallCity 311
6/30/20265260 N CLARK STEdgewater40Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
11/21/20254704 N CAMPBELL AVELincoln Square40Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
9/4/20255235 N WINCHESTER AVELincoln Square40Completed13 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/16/20255419 N ARTESIAN AVELincoln Square40Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
11/12/20256142 N HAMILTON AVEWest Ridge40Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/5/20264821 N ROCKWELL STLincoln Square40Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/21/20255350 N ROCKWELL STLincoln Square40Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
2/27/20261815 W GRANVILLE AVEWest Ridge40Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/20/20255310 N ASHLAND AVEEdgewater40Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
9/23/20256550 N SEELEY AVEWest Ridge40Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
11/15/20251708 W CARMEN AVEUptown40Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/6/20252720 W WINDSOR AVEAlbany Park40Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
11/14/20251744 W CARMEN AVEUptown40Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
9/13/20255508 N WESTERN AVELincoln Square40Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/5/20264744 N CAMPBELL AVELincoln Square40Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
8/26/20261616 W BALMORAL AVEEdgewater40Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/12/20252705 W GREGORY STLincoln Square40Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/1/20262437 W FARRAGUT AVELincoln Square40Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/13/20266534 N HOYNE AVEWest Ridge40Completed0 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/13/20254717 N ROCKWELL STLincoln Square40Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
4/14/20262711 W CATALPA AVELincoln Square40Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
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