Rat and Rodent Reports in New York

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The areas of New York with the most rat and rodent reports.

We created a heatmap to show rat and rodent reports made in New York using their 311 service, covering the years 2010 through to the start of 2021. The breakdown is as follows:

YearNumber of Rodent Reports
201022,067
201121,413
201221,205
201322,243
201424,395
201529,201
201631,253
201734,866
201832,241
201931,090
202027,243
2021589

Looking at the table, we can see a signification increase year-on-year from 2010 until 2017, when reports of rat activity increased from 22,067 to 34,866 in the space of seven years. This represents a 58% increase during this timeframe. Thankfully numbers have since declined, and 2020's figure of 27,243 rodent reports is 22% lower than high seen in 2017.