RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4338 locations in the last 30 days (4498 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.

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DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
9/20/20262014 S BLUE ISLAND AVELower West Side25Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/20/20261403 W 73RD PLWest Englewood17Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20267763 S KOMENSKY AVEAshburn18Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20265227 S MERRIMAC AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20268230 S ELLIS AVEChatham8Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20268228 S ELLIS AVEChatham8Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20268118 S ELLIS AVEChatham8Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/2026432 E 48TH PLGrand Boulevard3Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20264726 N DOVER STUptown46Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20262329 W MORSE AVEWest Ridge40Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20263540 N LAKEWOOD AVELake View44Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20265227 N MAGNOLIA AVEEdgewater48Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20264912 S KNOX AVEGarfield Ridge14Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20263042 S AVERS AVESouth Lawndale22Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20267342 S CLAREMONT AVEChicago Lawn18Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20263341 W LE MOYNE STHumboldt Park26Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20263137 N AUSTIN AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20265801 W MADISON STAustin29Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/202651 E 98TH STRoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20266833 S CRANDON AVESouth Shore5Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20264118 N PARKSIDE AVEPortage Park38Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/19/20264515 W THOMAS STHumboldt Park37Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20265544 S NEWLAND AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/19/20264501 W THOMAS STHumboldt Park37Open—InternetCity 311
9/19/20264527 W THOMAS STHumboldt Park37Open—InternetCity 311
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