NYC Rat Index · updated daily
213
▼ down 11% 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 148,555 real 311 rat reports
16,969
sightings · last 12 mo
148,555
reports all-time
180
NYC ZIPs ranked
🗞️ The Daily Rat Report
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026
NYC logged 517 rat sightings in the last 7 days — up 22% vs the week before. Biggest jump: Bronx Park sightings up 500% week-over-week. Brooklyn filed the most complaints this week (168). Latest complete day: 5 on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 (NYC's 311 feed lags ~2 days). Rattiest overall: Central Harlem.
📷 Fresh off the streets
The latest rats New Yorkers caught on camera.
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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 | 515.9 | ▼ 24% fewer rats YoY |
| 2 | Highbridge Bronx | 498 | ▼ 12% fewer rats YoY |
| 3 | East Village Manhattan | 368.4 | ▲ 42% more rats YoY |
| 4 | Prospect Brooklyn | 361.1 | ▲ 24% more rats YoY |
| 5 | Hamilton Heights Manhattan | 328.4 | ▼ 25% fewer rats YoY |
| 6 | Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn | 312.8 | ▼ 12% fewer rats YoY |
| 7 | Upper East Side Manhattan | 310.8 | ▼ 30% fewer rats YoY |
| 8 | Flatbush Brooklyn | 284 | ▼ 27% 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 →