RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4331 locations in the last 30 days (4490 reports) · Last sighting 2 days 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

52,482 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
5/13/20266758 N ARTESIAN AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
2/17/20266251 N FAIRFIELD AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
5/14/20266336 N ROCKWELL STWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/13/20262937 W HOWARD STWest Ridge50Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
5/9/20266108 N LAWNDALE AVENorth Park50Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
5/18/20267425 N CLAREMONT AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/17/20262701 W SHERWIN AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/18/20266217 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge50Open—Phone CallCity 311
5/14/20262508 W BIRCHWOOD AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/25/20262050 W ARTHUR AVEWest Ridge50Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
7/19/20267114 N RIDGE BLVDWest Ridge50Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
5/19/20267538 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/28/20262129 W LUNT AVEWest Ridge50Canceled0 daysPhone CallCity 311
5/18/20262339 W GREENLEAF AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
2/17/20262600 W MORSE AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/1/20262209 W HIGHLAND AVEWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
5/11/20267344 N WESTERN AVEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
7/20/20262639 W MORSEWest Ridge50Completed3 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
8/23/20266045 N JERSEY AVENorth Park50Completed18 daysInternetCity 311
5/16/20262923 W JEROME STWest Ridge50Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
9/10/20252514 W BIRCHWOOD AVEWest Ridge50Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
5/19/20262508 W BIRCHWOODWest Ridge50Completed2 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
9/10/20253030 W PRATT BLVDWest Ridge50Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
9/11/20252601 W GREENLEAF AVEWest Ridge50Completed11 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/3/20267030 N BELL AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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