📈 Rats Over Time
The rise & fall of the NYC rat
Every rat sighting reported to 311 since 2020 — 148,555 in all. The pandemic gave us a rat boom. It peaked, and it's been falling since.
The NYC Rat Index since 2010 · 2010 = 100
The NYC Rat Index, month by month — the same number as the homepage. 100 = 2010 levels; the dashed line is the baseline. 🔴 marks the peak. Hover any point for its month.
Monthly rat sightings, NYC · 2010–today
Raw reports per month, seasonality and all. Hover any point for the month. 🔴 marks the all-time peak. Current month excluded (still being reported).
148,555
sightings since 2020
3,019
peak month · Jun 2022
▼ 38%
off the 2022 peak
▼ 25%
year over year
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