RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4537 locations in the last 30 days (4701 reports) · Last sighting 11 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
4/24/20265641 W 64TH PLClearing13Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
11/5/20255641 W 63RD STClearing13Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
12/9/20255641 W 63RD STClearing13Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
10/27/20255641 S PRINCETON AVEEnglewood20Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
3/21/20265641 S KILDARE AVEWest Elsdon13Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/28/20265641 S KILDARE AVEWest Elsdon13Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/13/20255641 S KILDARE AVEWest Elsdon13Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/2/20255641 S KENNETH AVEWest Elsdon13Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
8/7/20255641 S KEELER AVEWest Elsdon13Completed15 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
5/8/20265641 S KEELER AVEWest Elsdon13Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
5/11/20265641 S KEELER AVEWest Elsdon13Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
4/5/20265641 S EMERALD AVEEnglewood16Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
12/16/20255641 S ELIZABETH STWest Englewood16Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
8/9/20265641 S BLACKSTONE AVEHyde Park5Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/28/20265641 N MANGO AVEJefferson Park45Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20255641 N MANGO AVEJefferson Park45Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/10/20255641 N MANGO AVEJefferson Park45Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/19/20265641 N MANGO AVEJefferson Park45Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/1/20255640 W WINDSOR AVEPortage Park38Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
6/14/20265640 W WINDSOR AVEPortage Park38Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/26/20265640 W WINDSOR AVEPortage Park38Completed16 daysInternetCity 311
4/6/20265640 W LAWRENCE AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
8/10/20265640 W GRACE STPortage Park38Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/21/20265640 W GRACE STPortage Park38Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
2/23/20265640 W CARMEN AVEJefferson Park45Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
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