RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4251 locations in the last 30 days (4433 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

58,530 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/24/20263120 N PULASKI RDAvondale31Completed7 daysInternetCity 311
6/24/20264611 S HARDING AVEArcher Heights14Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/24/202610139 S WENTWORTH AVERoseland9Completed6 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20261618 N LONG AVEAustin37Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20263824 W 104TH STMount Greenwood19Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20262001H N HONORE STLogan Square32Completed7 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/24/20262059 W HASTINGS STNear West Side28Completed5 daysInternetCity 311
6/24/20263042 S NORMAL AVEBridgeport11Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/24/20265300 N MOBILE AVEJefferson Park45Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/202610951 S DRAKE AVEMount Greenwood19Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20264050 W CORTLAND STHermosa26Completed5 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/24/20265036 N ALBANY AVEAlbany Park33Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/24/20261409 W 71ST STWest Englewood17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20265008 W WABANSIA AVEAustin37Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20261727 N DAYTON STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20263322 N NEENAH AVEDunning38Completed7 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/24/20262046 N LARRABEE STLincoln Park43Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20261016 W IRVING PARK RDUptown46Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20264534 S ROCKWELL STBrighton Park12Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/24/202611034 S HARDING AVEMount Greenwood19Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20267345 S ABERDEEN STEnglewood17Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20265107 S LUNA AVEGarfield Ridge23Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20263753 W 69TH PLWest Lawn23Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/24/20265812 S MERRIMAC AVEGarfield Ridge13Completed6 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/24/20262833 W FARRAGUT AVELincoln Square39Completed5 daysPhone CallCity 311
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