Rat and Insect Reports in San Francisco
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San Francisco's rat and insect reports mapped.
We created a map from rat and insect activity reports made via San Francisco's 311 service. The rodent activity data covers the years 2010-2020, and shows significant year-on-year changes up until 2018. This can be seen in our rat report year-by-year breakdown:
Year | Number of Insect and Rodent Reports |
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2010 | 50 |
2011 | 71 |
2012 | 118 |
2013 | 124 |
2014 | 138 |
2015 | 221 |
2016 | 222 |
2017 | 253 |
2018 | 301 |
2019 | 186 |
2020 | 289 |
The year 2018 was paricularly bad for rat infestations, showing a 500% increase in the number of reports when compared to 2010. Thankfully, insect and rodent sightings seem to have reduced somewhat by 2020, albeit only by 4%.