RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4496 locations in the last 30 days (4669 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
10/23/20266622 S OAKLEY AVEChicago Lawn16Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/23/20263508 N RETA AVELake View44Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/23/20261762 W THOME AVEEdgewater40Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/23/20266306 N LENOX AVEForest Glen39Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/23/20261934 W WABANSIA AVEWest Town32Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/20263007 N OAKLEY AVENorth Center32Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/20266604 N SIOUX AVEForest Glen45Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/20265010 N MAJOR AVEJefferson Park45Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
10/23/20263822 N SAWYER AVEIrving Park33Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/23/20261033 W 14TH PLNear West Side25Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20261549 N NORTH PARK AVENear North Side2Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20261612 N SAWYER AVEHumboldt Park26Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20263045 S KEELER AVESouth Lawndale22Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/23/20265020 S LA CROSSE AVEGarfield Ridge23Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/23/20264728 N ANTHON AVEO'Hare38Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
10/23/20265738 S NATCHEZ AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20263048 N KOSTNER AVEHermosa31Open—Mobile DeviceCity 311
10/23/20267238 S HERMITAGE AVEWest Englewood17Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
10/23/20261157 E 47TH STKenwood4Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20266355 S LOREL AVEClearing13Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20261809 W NORWOOD STWest Ridge40Open—Phone CallCity 311
10/23/20265655 S MOODY AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20268853 S MICHIGAN AVEChatham6Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20266116 W BARRY AVEBelmont Cragin30Open—InternetCity 311
10/23/20265612 S MERRIMAC AVEGarfield Ridge13Open—InternetCity 311
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