RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4545 locations in the last 30 days (4699 reports) · Last sighting yesterday

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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.

Browse every sighting

53,761 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/27/20263901 W 84TH STAshburn18Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20261110 N LECLAIRE AVEAustin37Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20262332 N MILWAUKEE AVELogan Square1Completed14 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20263514 N RETA AVELake View44Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20263572 W MCLEAN AVELogan Square26Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/2026922 W MONTANA STLincoln Park43Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20263451 W 66TH STChicago Lawn14Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/2026741 E 62ND STWoodlawn20Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/2026652 N NOBLE STWest Town27Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20261435 W 16TH STLower West Side25Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261618 S LOOMIS STLower West Side25Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261421 W 17TH STLower West Side25Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261700 S LOOMIS STLower West Side25Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/2026818 W BELLE PLAINE AVEUptown46Completed14 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20263308 N NAGLE AVEDunning38Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20262867 N CLYBOURN AVENorth Center32Completed18 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261855 W ARMITAGE AVELogan Square32Completed18 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261907 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261935 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20262224 W MEDILL AVELogan Square32Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20261937 W WARNER AVENorth Center47Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/27/20261543 S SPAULDING AVENorth Lawndale24Completed18 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20262914 S ELIAS CTBridgeport11Completed15 daysInternetCity 311
8/27/20265736 S PRINCETON AVEEnglewood20Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/27/20264838 W FERDINAND STAustin37Completed14 daysPhone CallCity 311
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