RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4426 locations in the last 30 days (4587 reports) · Last sighting 16 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
9/27/20267140 S CORNELL AVESouth Shore7Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20268510 S MANISTEE AVESouth Chicago7Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20265118 S NEWCASTLE AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20261048 W 112TH STMorgan Park21Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20261745 N CLYBOURN AVELincoln Park43Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20264140 W FIFTH AVEWest Garfield Park24Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/202610247 S EMERALD AVEWashington Heights21Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20264100 N MOZART STIrving Park33Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20263104 N NAGLE AVEBelmont Cragin36Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/2026958 W CULLERTON STLower West Side25Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20266643 N FRANCISCO AVEWest Ridge50Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20261958 N MAUD AVELincoln Park43Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/2026313 W WISCONSIN STLincoln Park43Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20262623 W CORTLAND STLogan Square1Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20262555 N CLARK STLincoln Park43Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20269000 S HOUSTON AVESouth Chicago10Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20264947 W CORTEZ STAustin37Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20262212 W EASTWOOD AVELincoln Square47Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20263834 N DRAKE AVEIrving Park35Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20265404 N ARTESIAN AVELincoln Square40Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20265142 N NEWCASTLE AVENorwood Park41Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/27/20263248 N LONG AVEPortage Park30Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20266126 S BISHOP STWest Englewood16Open—InternetCity 311
9/27/20262730 W ADAMS STEast Garfield Park27Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/27/20266224 S GREENWOOD AVEWoodlawn20Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
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