RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4347 locations in the last 30 days (4529 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

58,146 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
3/12/20265231 W NEWPORT AVEPortage Park31Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
4/29/20265231 W MONROEAustin29Completed2 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
5/28/20265231 W MELROSE STPortage Park30Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
8/24/20255231 W EDDY STPortage Park31Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
12/18/20255231 W EDDY STPortage Park31Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
12/14/20255231 W EDDY STPortage Park31Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
9/4/20255231 W ADDISON STPortage Park31Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
12/9/20255231 S WHIPPLE STGage Park14Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
6/2/20265231 S MEADE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
1/14/20265231 S MEADE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
1/9/20265231 S MEADE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/5/20265231 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/26/20265231 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/7/20265231 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/20/20265231 S LOCKWOOD AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/25/20265231 S INGLESIDE AVEHyde Park5Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/23/20265231 S DREXEL AVEHyde Park20Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
12/8/20255231 S CICERO AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/29/20265231 S CICERO AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/15/20265231 S ARCHER AVEArcher Heights23Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/2/20265231 N SPAULDING AVENorth Park39Completed18 daysInternetCity 311
10/6/20265231 N SPAULDING AVENorth Park39Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/4/20255230 W WINNEMAC AVEJefferson Park45Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
5/21/20265230 W WINNEMAC AVEJefferson Park45Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
10/8/20265230 W MONTANA STBelmont Cragin31Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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