RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4387 locations in the last 30 days (4544 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

56,145 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
7/30/20263516 W 115TH STMount Greenwood19Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/202611658 S AVENUE NHegewisch10Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20263102 S WELLS STArmour Square11Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20266455 S KARLOV AVEWest Lawn13Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20264950 N WESTERN AVELincoln Square40Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20267143 S PERRY AVEGreater Grand Crossing6Completed4 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20265514 W HUTCHINSON STPortage Park38Completed18 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20265400 W MONROE STAustin29Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20265300 W MONROE STAustin29Completed11 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20266018 N WHIPPLE STWest Ridge50Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/30/20262743 W DIVISION STWest Town26Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20264111 S CAMPBELL AVEBrighton Park12Completed11 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/30/20265624 S NEW ENGLAND AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20261000 W CULLERTON STLower West Side25Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/30/20265054 N WINTHROP AVEUptown48Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20262732 N KEDZIE AVELogan Square35Completed11 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20263509 W 59TH PLChicago Lawn14Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20265928 S KILDARE AVEWest Lawn13Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/30/20265800 S JUSTINE STWest Englewood16Completed1 dayAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/30/20263811 N BELL AVENorth Center47Completed11 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20261117 W PATTERSON AVELake View44Completed8 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20265433 S UNION AVENew City16Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20261728 N DAYTON STLincoln Park43Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/30/20267412 N OSCEOLA AVEEdison Park41Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/30/20261906 W BERWYN AVELincoln Square40Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
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