RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4448 locations in the last 30 days (4613 reports) · Last sighting 12 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
10/16/20266238 W BARRY AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/16/20265948 S ROCKWELL STChicago Lawn16Open—InternetCity 311
10/16/20262828 S LOCK STBridgeport11Open—InternetCity 311
10/16/20266240 S AUSTIN AVEClearing13Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20266059 S MASON AVEClearing13Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20265336 N NEW ENGLAND AVENorwood Park41Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20265340 N NEW ENGLAND AVENorwood Park41Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20264817 W BERENICE AVEPortage Park45Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20262339 W 19TH STLower West Side25Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20262501 S KEELER AVESouth Lawndale22Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/2026827 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELincoln Park43Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20263215 N DAYTON STLake View44Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20262957 W BELDEN AVELogan Square35Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20263035 S THROOP STBridgeport11Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20262505 S KEELER AVESouth Lawndale22Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20262932 N SAWYER AVEAvondale35Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20265031 W WINONA STForest Glen45Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20263163 N HUDSON AVELake View44Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20262121N N MARMORA AVEBelmont Cragin36Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/2026630 W WELLINGTON AVELake View44Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20262125 W CRYSTAL STWest Town1Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20264644 W ADDISON STPortage Park30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20266259 W SCHOOL STDunning30Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20263436 W 23RD STSouth Lawndale22Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20267530 S EVANS AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Open—Phone CallCity 311
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