RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4415 locations in the last 30 days (4600 reports) · Last sighting 18 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

58,146 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/30/2026255 W SWANN STFuller Park20Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/2026474 W 28TH STBridgeport11Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/20263000 N SPAULDING AVEAvondale35Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20263345 W DIVISION STHumboldt Park26Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/2026536 W ENGLEWOOD AVEEnglewood20Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/2026131 N LARAMIE AVEAustin28Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20266238 W BARRY AVEBelmont Cragin30Completed6 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/202611856 S WESTERN AVEMorgan Park19Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/2026130 N LARAMIE AVEAustin37Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20264100 N CENTRAL PARKIrving Park33Completed7 daysSalesforce Mobile AppCity 311
6/30/2026128 N LARAMIE AVEAustin37Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/202611 N GARLAND CTLoop34Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20265335 W WINNEMAC AVEJefferson Park45Completed9 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20263053 N LOWELL AVEHermosa31Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/20261012 N WESTERN AVEWest Town36Completed7 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/20267456 N ROCKWELL STWest Ridge50Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/20263540 W ROSEMONT AVENorth Park50Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/30/20268914 S COTTAGE GROVE AVEChatham8Completed8 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/2026507 W ENGLEWOOD AVEEnglewood20Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20265510 W 65TH STClearing13Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20264342 W CERMAK RDNorth Lawndale24Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/30/20261813 W 51ST STNew City16Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20261915 W GRACE STNorth Center47Completed6 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20268228 S ASHLAND AVEAuburn Gresham17Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/30/20263675 N ELSTON AVEIrving Park33Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
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