RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4500 locations in the last 30 days (4649 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.

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DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
10/3/20263143 N NASHVILLE AVEBelmont Cragin36Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/202698 S MCCORMICK PL BUSWAYLoop42Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20265135 S HARPER AVEHyde Park4Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20267523 S YATES AVESouth Shore7Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/20264707 S HAMLIN AVEArcher Heights14Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/2026104 E 124TH PLWest Pullman9Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/20261115 N LEAVITT STWest Town1Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20262239 W CORTEZ STWest Town1Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20267756 S MICHIGAN AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20267710 S MICHIGAN AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20265656 W LAWRENCE AVEPortage Park45Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20264830 N ST LOUIS AVEAlbany Park33Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20263000 N MANGO AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/20263053 N MANGO AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/20261136 N LEAMINGTON AVEAustin37Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/20264333 N MONITOR AVEPortage Park38Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20264014 N LECLAIRE AVEPortage Park38Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/20263524 W DICKENS AVELogan Square35Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/20266907 W FARRAGUT AVENorwood Park41Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20265118 S AUSTIN AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—InternetCity 311
10/3/20266130 W FLETCHER STBelmont Cragin30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/20263012 N OAKLEY AVENorth Center32Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/202661 E 100TH STRoseland9Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/3/20264417 N GREENVIEW AVEUptown47Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/3/20265049 W CARMEN AVEForest Glen45Open—InternetCity 311
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