RatCity — Chicago Rat and Rodent Sightings Map

RatCity

4318 locations in the last 30 days (4508 reports) · Last sighting 12 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

58,615 reports match your filters.

DateAddressNeighborhoodWardStatusResponse timeReported viaSource
6/23/20261809 E 78TH STSouth Shore8Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/23/20261800 E 78TH STSouth Shore8Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/23/20266400 S RICHMOND STChicago Lawn15Completed2 daysMobile DeviceCity 311
6/23/20265225 W HENDERSON STPortage Park31Completed8 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/202611033 S RIDGEWAY AVEMount Greenwood19Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20261738 W MELROSE STLake View32Completed1 dayMobile DeviceCity 311
6/23/202640 W 78TH STGreater Grand Crossing6Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20262838 N KIMBALL AVEAvondale35Completed8 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20264140 N MARINE DRUptown46Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/23/20263108 W JEROME STWest Ridge50Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20262849 N KOSTNER AVEHermosa31Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20263616 W ARMITAGE AVELogan Square26Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/23/2026733 N KEDZIE AVEHumboldt Park27Completed1 dayInternetCity 311
6/23/20264601 S DAMEN AVENew City15Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20261942 W EDDY STNorth Center47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20261940 W EDDY STNorth Center47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20261934 W EDDY STNorth Center47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20262734 W COYLE AVEWest Ridge50Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/23/20261930 W EDDY STNorth Center47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20263455 N MARSHFIELD AVELake View47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20263453 N MARSHFIELD AVELake View47Completed2 daysPhone CallCity 311
6/23/20262659 S HAMLIN AVESouth Lawndale22Completed1 dayPhone CallCity 311
6/23/2026850 S WABASH AVELoop4Completed2 daysInternetCity 311
6/23/20261928 W EDDY STNorth Center47Completed2 daysAlderman's OfficeCity 311
6/23/20261742 N SEDGWICK STLincoln Park43Completed3 daysPhone CallCity 311
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