RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4384 locations in the last 30 days (4539 reports) · Last sighting yesterday

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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

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DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
9/24/20264300 N RICHMOND STIrving Park33Open—InternetCity 311
9/24/202610051 S CRANDON AVESouth Deering7Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20268246 S BISHOP STAuburn Gresham17Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20263112 S MAY STBridgeport11Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
9/24/20262328 N AVERS AVELogan Square35Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/24/20268556 S EXCHANGE AVESouth Chicago10Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20262324 N AVERS AVELogan Square35Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
9/24/20263351 N HAMLIN AVEAvondale30Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20263943 W ERIE STHumboldt Park37Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/2026326 S WESTERN AVENear West Side27Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20266550 S ABERDEEN STEnglewood16Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20269356 S DAMEN AVEBeverly19Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20261862 E 75TH STSouth Shore8Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20266450 S CARPENTER STEnglewood16Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20265847 N SPAULDING AVENorth Park39Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20265859 N SPAULDING AVENorth Park39Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20265847 N SPAULDING AVENorth Park39Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20265251 S MAY STNew City20Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20264541 N CLAREMONT AVELincoln Square47Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/2026462 W 44TH STNew City15Open—InternetCity 311
9/24/20262746 W 23RD STSouth Lawndale25Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/2026314 W 101ST STRoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
9/24/20261740 W COLUMBIA AVERogers Park49Open—InternetCity 311
9/24/20267830 S CARPENTER STAuburn Gresham17Open—InternetCity 311
9/24/202610102 S VERNON AVERoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
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