RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4557 locations in the last 30 days (4704 reports) · Last sighting 20 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
10/11/20263856 W MONROE STWest Garfield Park28Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20262620 N SAWYER AVELogan Square35Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20266138 N DAMEN AVEWest Ridge40Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20267605 S HONORE STAuburn Gresham17Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20262058 W WEBSTER AVELogan Square32Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20266147 S MAYFIELD AVEClearing13Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20261818 N KEYSTONE AVEHermosa26Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20269900 S PEORIA STWashington Heights21Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20264334 W WRIGHTWOOD AVEHermosa31Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20263342 N NORDICA AVEDunning38Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20263340 N NORDICA AVEDunning38Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20262230 N SEELEY AVELogan Square32Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20265741 S MASSASOIT AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20261455 W FRY STWest Town27Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20264621 N KARLOV AVEAlbany Park39Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20262901 N NARRAGANSETT AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20263610 W LEXINGTON STEast Garfield Park24Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/20263619 N JANSSEN AVELake View44Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/11/2026333 W HUBBARD STNear North Side42Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/2026150 W BURTON PLNear North Side2Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20267044 N CLARK STRogers Park49Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20262303 W WASHINGTON BLVDNear West Side27Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/11/20261931 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Open—InternetCity 311
10/11/20266529 S KNOX AVEClearing13Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/10/20264832 S DAMEN AVENew City15Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
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