RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4235 locations in the last 30 days (4388 reports) · Last sighting 24 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
10/18/20264163 W BARRY AVEAvondale31Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20263136 N KENNETH AVEHermosa31Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20265215 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20262331 W GIDDINGS STLincoln Square47Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/2026860 N PAULINA STWest Town1Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/202611463 S SPAULDING AVEMount Greenwood19Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/2026931 W LAKESIDE PLUptown46Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/2026937 W LAKESIDE PLUptown46Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20262739 N SOUTHPORT AVELincoln Park32Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20264709 N MAPLEWOOD AVELincoln Square40Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/2026930 N RICHMOND STWest Town26Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20264743 N MAPLEWOOD AVELincoln Square40Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20264744 S CAMPBELL AVEBrighton Park15Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20263309 W WILSON AVEAlbany Park33Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20264705 S HAMLIN AVEArcher Heights14Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20264758 S HAMLIN AVEArcher Heights14Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20267041 W FARRAGUT AVENorwood Park41Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20263019 W PETERSON AVEWest Ridge50Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/2026529 N MILWAUKEE AVEWest Town27Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20268159 S INGLESIDE AVEChatham8Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/18/20268001 S CONSTANCE AVESouth Chicago8Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20261951 N WHIPPLE STLogan Square26Open—InternetCity 311
10/18/20262167 N MAJOR AVEBelmont Cragin36Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20262164 N PARKSIDE AVEBelmont Cragin36Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/18/20262155 N LATROBE AVEBelmont Cragin26Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
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