RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4410 locations in the last 30 days (4573 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

56,705 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
11/13/20255105 S LAMON AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed4 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
2/24/20265221 S LOTUS AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
10/28/20255200 S CENTRAL AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/11/20265800 W 59TH STGarfield Ridge13Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
8/9/20265535 S MEADE AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
3/25/20265608 S OAK PARK AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
9/30/20265122 S LINDER AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/6/20265548 S MULLIGAN AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
8/3/20255139 S MELVINA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/8/20255110 S KILPATRICK AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/31/20265833 S MENARD AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/1/20265212 S NEWLAND AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
3/25/20265213 S NEENAH AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
10/15/20265235 S NATOMA AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Phone CallCity 311
3/26/20265217 S NEENAH AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
3/26/20265219 S NEENAH AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
4/11/20265859 S AUSTIN AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
3/25/20265301 S PARKSIDE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/4/20265120 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
3/25/20265430 S LOREL AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/19/20255855 S NEVA AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
4/13/20265818 S NAGLE AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/7/20255205 S NATCHEZ AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
2/23/20265551 S MAYFIELD AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
10/19/20265155 S LONG AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Phone CallCity 311
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