RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4439 locations in the last 30 days (4597 reports) · Last sighting 9 minutes 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

57,080 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/13/20253713 N NARRAGANSETT AVEDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
4/14/20264049 N MEADE AVEPortage Park38Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/13/20256321 W WARWICK AVEDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/20253749 N NARRAGANSETT AVEDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/20256317 W GRACE STDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
7/2/20266258 W PATTERSON AVEDunning38Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/2/20264152 N AUSTIN AVEPortage Park38Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/13/20253811 N NARRAGANSETT AVEDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/13/20256310 W GRACE STDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
9/24/20256540 W BELMONTDunning38Completed9 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
8/7/20255644 W BYRON STPortage Park38Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/14/20255729 W GRACE STPortage Park38Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/14/20255815 W GRACE STPortage Park38Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/16/20255840 W WAVELAND AVEPortage Park38Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
8/8/20255852 W WAVELAND AVEPortage Park38Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
7/2/20263948 N OKETODunning38Completed11 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
8/8/20255900 W WAVELAND AVEPortage Park38Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
8/14/20255753 W PATTERSON AVEPortage Park38Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
7/2/20268250 W BELMONT AVEDunning38Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
4/15/20263459 N NAGLE AVEDunning38Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/13/20256147 W PATTERSON AVEDunning38Completed9 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/13/20256336 W ADDISON STDunning38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
8/15/20256018 W BERENICE AVEDunning38Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/1/20267017 W CORNELIA AVEDunning38Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/23/20254148 N MOODY AVEPortage Park38Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
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