RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4397 locations in the last 30 days (4580 reports) · Last sighting 17 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

58,468 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
9/18/2025515 W BARRY AVELake View44Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/2025515 W BARRY AVELake View44Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/25/2026515 W ARLINGTON PLLincoln Park43Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/13/2026515 W 36TH STBridgeport11Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
4/24/2026515 S KILBOURN AVEWest Garfield Park28Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
7/6/2026515 N LAWLER AVEAustin37Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/6/2026515 N LAWLER AVEAustin37Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/14/20265159 W MEDILL AVEBelmont Cragin31Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/7/20255159 W FOSTER AVEJefferson Park45Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
7/4/20265159 W FOSTER AVEJefferson Park45Completed9 daysPhone CallCity 311
12/15/20255159 W CULLOM AVEPortage Park45Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
5/16/20265159 W CARMEN AVEJefferson Park45Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
1/13/20265159 W AGATITE AVEPortage Park45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/17/20255159 S NOTTINGHAM AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/22/20265159 S NEWLAND AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
5/19/20265159 S NEWLAND AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/4/20265159 S MULLIGAN AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed10 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/27/20265159 S MOBILE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed9 daysInternetCity 311
2/14/20265159 S MOBILE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/6/20265159 S MOBILE AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/31/20265159 S LAWLER AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed15 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
1/21/20265159 S ABERDEEN STNew City20Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/25/20255159 S ABERDEEN STNew City20Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/14/20255159 S ABERDEEN STNew City20Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/3/20265159 N NAGLE AVEJefferson Park41Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
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