RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4434 locations in the last 30 days (4599 reports) · Last sighting 17 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
10/15/20261423 W CUYLER AVELake View47Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20263917 W 83RD PLAshburn18Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/15/20266818 N MENDOTA AVEForest Glen45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/15/20262235 N KIMBALL AVELogan Square35Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20263029 N PARKSIDE AVEBelmont Cragin31Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20266820 N MENDOTA AVEForest Glen45Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
10/15/20261938 N HALSTED STLincoln Park43Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20263600 W 71ST STWest Lawn23Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20262165 N WESTERN AVELogan Square32Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20268116 S CLAREMONT AVEAshburn18Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20263918 N RICHMOND STIrving Park33Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20265230 W HENDERSON STPortage Park31Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/202611201 S FAIRFIELD AVEMorgan Park19Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/15/20262138 N HALSTED STLincoln Park43Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20265218 W DIVISION STAustin37Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
10/15/20261848 W 47TH STNew City15Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20264147 S ARTESIAN AVEBrighton Park12Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20262811 N NEVA AVEMontclare29Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20266100 W NEWPORT AVEDunning30Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20261651 S LA SALLE STNear South Side11Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20266520 S BISHOP STWest Englewood16Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20261848 S TROY STNorth Lawndale24Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/15/20261218 S WABASH AVENear South Side34Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
10/15/20262325 N ORCHARD STLincoln Park43Open—InternetCity 311
10/15/20265951 N KENNETH AVEForest Glen39Open—Phone CallCity 311
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