RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4665 locations in the last 30 days (4822 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
10/8/20262153 W BERTEAU AVENorth Center47Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/20263348 N RUTHERFORD AVEDunning38Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20263312 N KEYSTONE AVEIrving Park30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/8/20263317 N KEYSTONE AVEIrving Park30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/8/20268309 S LUELLA AVESouth Chicago7Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20266214 N TALMAN AVEWest Ridge50Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20265600 S MEADE AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/20265600 S MOODY AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/20264506 N WOLCOTT AVELincoln Square47Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20264545 S CALUMET AVEGrand Boulevard3Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/202655 W ILLINOIS STNear North Side42Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/2026634 E 44TH STGrand Boulevard4Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/20264908 W WALTON STAustin37Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20261249 W ARDMORE AVEEdgewater48Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/2026833 N HOMANHumboldt Park27Open—Salesforce Mobile AppCity 311
10/8/20261528 N CENTRAL PARKHumboldt Park26Open—Salesforce Mobile AppCity 311
10/8/20262886 N MILWAUKEE AVEAvondale35Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/8/20262466 W BERWYN AVELincoln Square40Open—InternetCity 311
10/8/20265970 S ARCHER AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
10/8/20264755 S LAMON AVEGarfield Ridge22Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/8/20265263 S CENTRAL AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
10/8/202612521 S STATE STWest Pullman9Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/2026158 N LARAMIE AVEAustin37Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/2026147 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/8/20267712 S WABASH AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Open—InternetCity 311
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