RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4575 locations in the last 30 days (4743 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.

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DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
9/14/2026605 E 89TH PLChatham8Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20262442 W BYRON STNorth Center47Open—InternetCity 311
9/14/20265106 W FLETCHER STBelmont Cragin31Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20265616 N KEDVALE AVENorth Park39Open—InternetCity 311
9/14/20263524 W DICKENS AVELogan Square35Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/14/20265901 W 64TH STClearing13Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20265637 W CORNELIA AVEPortage Park30Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20263912 N KILDARE AVEIrving Park30Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20267352 N HOYNE AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20261128 W ALBION AVERogers Park49Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20268412 S DANTE AVEAvalon Park8Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20266306 N LENOX AVEForest Glen39Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20263235 W OLIVE AVENorth Park39Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20267456 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Ridge50Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
9/14/20263609 N AUSTIN AVEPortage Park38Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/20265746 W WAVELAND AVEPortage Park38Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
9/14/2026631 N KEDZIE AVEHumboldt Park27Completed4 daysInternetCity 311
9/14/20262517 S AVERS AVESouth Lawndale22Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20265430 W GALE STJefferson Park45Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/14/20262128 N SEDGWICK STLincoln Park43Open—InternetCity 311
9/14/20265212 S INGLESIDE AVEHyde Park20Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20265300 W ADDISON STPortage Park30Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
9/14/20265200 W ADDISON STPortage Park30Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
9/14/20269640 S PRAIRIE AVERoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/14/20265100 W ADDISON STPortage Park30Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
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