RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4426 locations in the last 30 days (4590 reports) · Last sighting 20 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.

Browse every sighting

56,705 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
7/22/20261922 N CLEVELAND AVELincoln Park43Completed12 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
7/22/20263737 N OTTAWA AVEDunning38Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20263030 S LOOMIS STBridgeport11Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20263400 W HIRSCH STHumboldt Park26Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/2026730 W 50TH PLNew City20Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20262524 W WINONA STLincoln Square40Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20264341 S PRAIRIE AVEGrand Boulevard3Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/20265651 W GRACE STPortage Park38Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20263614 W 86TH PLAshburn18Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/20261229 S AVERS AVENorth Lawndale24Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20266488 N NEWCASTLE AVENorwood Park41Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
7/22/2026206 N LATROBE AVEAustin37Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
7/22/20262515 W MEDILL AVELogan Square1Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/20264322 N TRIPP AVEIrving Park39Completed13 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/20261849 N DAYTON STLincoln Park43Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20266712 W 63RD STClearing13Completed0 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20266521 S VERNON AVEWoodlawn20Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20262932 W EASTWOOD AVEAlbany Park40Completed12 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20266700 W 63RD STClearing13Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20261946 W ARMITAGE AVELogan Square32Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20265529 N FOREST GLEN AVEForest Glen39Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20261953 W HENDERSON STNorth Center32Completed13 daysPhone CallCity 311
7/22/20262744 N LAKEWOOD AVELincoln Park32Completed13 daysInternetCity 311
7/22/20263840 W 86TH PLAshburn18Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
7/22/20261400 E 71ST PLSouth Shore8Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
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