RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4528 locations in the last 30 days (4693 reports) · Last sighting 13 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

56,907 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/12/20256427 N LEOTI AVEForest Glen45Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/21/20262939 N OAKLEY AVENorth Center32Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/25/20251112 W MONTANA STLincoln Park43Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/17/20261755 W CHASE AVERogers Park49Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/26/20252233 N KEELER AVEHermosa35Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/19/20253100 N KENNETH AVEHermosa31Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/3/20265810 S NARRAGANSETT AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
9/28/20261705 N MENARD AVEAustin29Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/25/20256158 S PARKSIDE AVEClearing13Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
10/10/2025833 W DAKIN STLake View46Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/18/20262621 W HIRSCH STWest Town26Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/4/20266451 N RICHMOND STWest Ridge50Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/10/20262706 W CORTEZ STWest Town36Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/6/20264629 S CHRISTIANA AVEBrighton Park12Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/1/20262549 N CLARK STLincoln Park43Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
9/2/20251832 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/10/20262708 W CORTEZ STWest Town36Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/18/20268044 S MAY STAuburn Gresham17Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/2/20258430 W GREGORY STO'Hare41Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
9/22/20255900 W ERIE STAustin29Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/5/20256524 W 60TH PLClearing13Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/5/20268100 S LUELLA AVESouth Chicago8Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/16/20257524 S CALUMET AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/16/20257512 S CALUMET AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
7/24/20264123 W FLETCHER STAvondale31Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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