NYC Rat Index · updated daily
203
→ flat 5% vs last year
100 = 2010 levels · lower means fewer rats
Off the charts — more than double the 100 mark. The rats are winning, decisively.
How ratty is your block?
Type your NYC address for a Rattiness Score from 0–100, ranked against every ZIP code in the city.
↑↓ to pick · Enter to score · or type a 5-digit ZIP · ⚔️ compare two blocks
Built on 152,337 real 311 rat reports
16,942
sightings · last 12 mo
152,337
reports all-time
180
NYC ZIPs ranked
🗞️ The Daily Rat Report
Friday, Oct 2, 2026
NYC logged 442 rat sightings in the last 7 days — up 8% vs the week before. Biggest jump: South Corona sightings up 550% week-over-week. Brooklyn filed the most complaints this week (149). Latest complete day: 69 on Friday, Oct 2, 2026 (NYC's 311 feed lags ~2 days). Rattiest overall: Central Harlem.
📷 Fresh off the streets
The latest rats New Yorkers caught on camera.
yesterday
📷 snekmint · CC BY-NC
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📷 Ann Dai · CC BY-NC
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📷 taylorjoanne · CC BY-NC
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📷 Oliver Stringham · CC BY
5 days ago
📷 akent412 · CC BY-NC
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📷 Matthew Penna · CC BY-NC
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📷 MFC · CC BY-NC
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📷 Dan A-M · CC BY-NC
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📷 RJ Hawkins · CC BY-NC
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📷 Daniel · CC BY-NC
Verified sightings from iNaturalist · not part of the score
👑 Where the rats reign right now
Full leaderboard →| # | Neighborhood | Rats / sq mi | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Harlem Manhattan | 522.7 | ▼ 17% fewer rats YoY |
| 2 | Highbridge Bronx | 424.6 | ▼ 30% fewer rats YoY |
| 3 | East Village Manhattan | 362.5 | ▲ 36% more rats YoY |
| 4 | Prospect Brooklyn | 347.4 | ▲ 9% more rats YoY |
| 5 | Hamilton Heights Manhattan | 341.4 | ▼ 23% fewer rats YoY |
| 6 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 318.8 | → flat |
| 7 | Flatbush Brooklyn | 293.2 | ▼ 21% fewer rats YoY |
| 8 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 291.2 | ▼ 35% fewer rats YoY |
Heads up: this reflects 311 rat complaints — partly a measure of who calls the city, not
just rat density. It's for fun, not a verdict on any neighborhood.
How the score works
Your score is the citywide percentile rank of your ZIP's
rat-sighting density — trailing-12-month sightings per square mile — against all
180 ranked NYC ZIP codes. 100 = the rattiest place in NYC.
The headline index above tracks the last 30 days (so it spikes in summer), while the big
number is the de-seasoned 12-month trend vs 2010. Read the full methodology →