RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4470 locations in the last 30 days (4616 reports) · Last sighting 2 days 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.

Browse every sighting

54,394 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
8/23/20262212 N LEAVITT STLogan Square32Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20263615 N RAVENSWOOD AVELake View47Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20267410 S RACINE AVEWest Englewood17Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20262134 N LEAMINGTON AVEBelmont Cragin26Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/2026138 W 105TH STRoseland9Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20264721 S LECLAIRE AVEGarfield Ridge22Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20268737 S MERRILL AVECalumet Heights8Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20262019 S THROOP STLower West Side25Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20263900 W MONTROSE AVEAlbany Park33Completed16 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20264414 N ARTESIAN AVELincoln Square47Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20264315 N KEYSTONE AVEIrving Park39Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20266000 W MELROSE STDunning30Completed10 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20261333 S LAWNDALE AVENorth Lawndale24Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20261320 S MILLARD AVENorth Lawndale24Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20263842 W ARTHINGTON STWest Garfield Park24Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/2026927 W 35TH PLBridgeport11Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20261018 E 54TH STHyde Park5Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20266022 W DAKIN STDunning38Completed12 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/2026941 W WINONA STUptown48Completed17 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20264923 N RIDGEWAY AVEAlbany Park39Completed10 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
8/23/20261719 N FREMONT STLincoln Park43Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20261856 S THROOP STLower West Side25Completed10 daysInternetCity 311
8/23/20262451 N ROCKWELL STLogan Square1Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20263851 N LAKEWOOD AVELake View44Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
8/23/20261824 W LARCHMONT AVENorth Center47Completed12 daysPhone CallCity 311
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