RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4488 locations in the last 30 days (4652 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

57,251 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
7/24/20262829 W FARRAGUT AVELincoln Square39Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20261746 N SAWYER AVEHumboldt Park26Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20263215 S MAY STBridgeport11Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20267530 S EVANS AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20265142 S HOMAN AVEGage Park14Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20263471 N KEDZIE AVEAvondale33Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20266031 N MASON AVEJefferson Park39Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20261655 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Town32Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20261925 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20263920 N NORA AVEDunning38Completed18 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20266327 W FLETCHER STBelmont Cragin30Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20262227 N KIMBALL AVELogan Square35Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20266133 N ARTESIAN AVEWest Ridge40Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20261443 W WALTON STWest Town1Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20263031 W CHASE AVEWest Ridge50Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20262735 W AGATITE AVEAlbany Park40Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/24/20264305 N MASON AVEPortage Park38Completed18 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20265500 S PRINCETON AVEEnglewood20Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20261649 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20263034 N SEMINARY AVELake View44Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20261334 W WALTON STWest Town27Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20262330 W WASHINGTON BLVDNear West Side27Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/24/20265700 S MASON AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/2026524 W SURF STLake View44Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20263431 N KOLMAR AVEIrving Park30Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
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