RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4192 locations in the last 30 days (4372 reports) · Last sighting yesterday

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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.

📰 This week’s rat recap

Weekly Rat Trends — Nov 2–Nov 8, 2026

  • 🐀 948 new reports — down 7% from the week before
  • 👑 Lake View is Rat King with 67 reports
  • 📈 Biggest jump: Logan Square, up 15 from last week
  • 🏙️ The city took 9.7 days on average to resolve a complaint
Read the full recap →

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
11/2/202611405 S PARK AVERoseland9Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20261053 W WRIGHTWOOD AVELincoln Park43Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/2/20261114 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/2/2026819 W EASTWOOD AVEUptown46Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/2/2026247 N KILPATRICK AVEAustin28Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/2/20266507 S PAULINA STWest Englewood15Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/2/20263221 W WILSON AVEAlbany Park33Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20264126 N KEDVALE AVEIrving Park39Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
11/2/20264828 N NEW ENGLAND AVENorwood Park41Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20262441 W IRVING PARK RDNorth Center47Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20262845 N SOUTHPORT AVELake View32Completed3 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/2/20261043 W MADISON STNear West Side34Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/2/20261140 N MILWAUKEE AVEWest Town1Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/2/20265539 S FRANCISCO AVEGage Park15Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20262855 N LINDER AVEBelmont Cragin31Open—Alderman's OfficeCity 311
11/2/20261952 W BYRON STNorth Center47Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
11/2/20264135 N MARMORA AVEPortage Park38Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/2/2026459 W MONTROSE HARBOR DRUptown46Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/2/20267051 S WINCHESTER AVEWest Englewood17Completed4 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
11/2/20261743 N MAPLEWOOD AVEWest Town1Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20261104 W PRATT AVERogers Park49Open—Phone CallCity 311
11/2/20269811 S THROOP STWashington Heights21Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
11/2/20268215 S COMMERCIAL AVESouth Chicago7Open—InternetCity 311
11/2/20261652 N PARKSIDE AVEAustin29Completed3 daysInternetCity 311
11/2/20266482 N NEWCASTLE AVENorwood Park41Open—Phone CallCity 311
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