Brooklyn Rat Activity Report, 2025
Brooklyn
Brooklyn recorded 11,045 rodent complaints in 2025, the highest total of any borough, down 26.8 percent from 15,099 in 2024. That is the steepest decline in the city. Against a population of 2,583,668, the borough reported 42.75 complaints per 10,000 residents, which places it second citywide on a per capita basis behind Manhattan despite leading on raw volume.
Prospect Heights carried the highest concentration in the borough at 111.92 complaints per 10,000 residents, from 653 complaints across a population of 58,345, and fell 12.1 percent year over year. Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) followed at 84.99 per 10,000 from 955 complaints. The decline was broad rather than isolated. All five of Brooklyn's most affected neighborhoods reported fewer complaints than in 2024, with Bushwick (West) down 48.1 percent.
- Year
- 2025
- Source
- {"dataset"=>"NYC 311 Service Requests (fhrw-4uyv)", "population"=>"2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates", "neighborhoods"=>"NYC DCP 2020 NTAs via NycZipLookup", "complaint_type"=>"Rodent"}
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Population
- 2583668
- Rate Per 10k
- 42.75
- Neighborhoods
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"complaints"=>677, "population"=>95144, "neighborhood"=>"Flatbush", "rate_per_10k"=>71.16, "yoy_pct_change"=>-16.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>815, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11233"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>572, "population"=>81822, "neighborhood"=>"Ocean Hill", "rate_per_10k"=>69.91, "yoy_pct_change"=>0.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>567, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11215", "11217"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>765, "population"=>113931, "neighborhood"=>"Park Slope", "rate_per_10k"=>67.15, "yoy_pct_change"=>-31.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>1110, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11222"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>280, "population"=>42853, "neighborhood"=>"Greenpoint", "rate_per_10k"=>65.34, "yoy_pct_change"=>-28.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>389, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11225"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>364, "population"=>58158, "neighborhood"=>"Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate", "rate_per_10k"=>62.59, "yoy_pct_change"=>-20.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>456, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11231"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>229, "population"=>38276, "neighborhood"=>"Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook", "rate_per_10k"=>59.83, "yoy_pct_change"=>-35.7, "prior_year_complaints"=>356, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11218"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>415, "population"=>72042, "neighborhood"=>"Kensington", "rate_per_10k"=>57.61, "yoy_pct_change"=>-17.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>502, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11213"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>386, "population"=>68846, "neighborhood"=>"Crown Heights (North)", "rate_per_10k"=>56.07, "yoy_pct_change"=>-25.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>515, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11211"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>345, "population"=>65314, "neighborhood"=>"Williamsburg", "rate_per_10k"=>52.82, "yoy_pct_change"=>-50.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>703, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11230"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>351, "population"=>86978, "neighborhood"=>"Midwood", "rate_per_10k"=>40.36, "yoy_pct_change"=>-17.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>427, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11232"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>109, "population"=>27816, "neighborhood"=>"Sunset Park (West)", "rate_per_10k"=>39.19, "yoy_pct_change"=>-40.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>183, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11206"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>351, "population"=>93020, "neighborhood"=>"East Williamsburg", "rate_per_10k"=>37.73, "yoy_pct_change"=>-39.6, "prior_year_complaints"=>581, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11209"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>254, "population"=>71004, "neighborhood"=>"Bay Ridge", "rate_per_10k"=>35.77, "yoy_pct_change"=>-48.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>491, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11220"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>300, "population"=>90652, "neighborhood"=>"Sunset Park (Central)", "rate_per_10k"=>33.09, "yoy_pct_change"=>-52.7, "prior_year_complaints"=>634, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11235"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>255, "population"=>78558, "neighborhood"=>"Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach", "rate_per_10k"=>32.46, "yoy_pct_change"=>-40.7, "prior_year_complaints"=>430, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11207"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>301, "population"=>93198, "neighborhood"=>"East New York-New Lots", "rate_per_10k"=>32.3, "yoy_pct_change"=>-22.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>390, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11203"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>241, "population"=>74817, "neighborhood"=>"East Flatbush-Rugby", "rate_per_10k"=>32.21, "yoy_pct_change"=>-26.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>328, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11210"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>181, "population"=>57915, "neighborhood"=>"Flatlands", "rate_per_10k"=>31.25, "yoy_pct_change"=>-14.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>211, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11201"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>176, "population"=>70674, "neighborhood"=>"Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill", "rate_per_10k"=>24.9, "yoy_pct_change"=>-46.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>326, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11234"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>198, "population"=>83187, "neighborhood"=>"Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach", "rate_per_10k"=>23.8, "yoy_pct_change"=>-13.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>229, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11204", "11214"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>365, "population"=>169197, "neighborhood"=>"Bensonhurst", "rate_per_10k"=>21.57, "yoy_pct_change"=>-7.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>396, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11228"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>91, "population"=>42241, "neighborhood"=>"Dyker Heights", "rate_per_10k"=>21.54, "yoy_pct_change"=>-37.7, "prior_year_complaints"=>146, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11212"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>175, "population"=>89020, "neighborhood"=>"Brownsville", "rate_per_10k"=>19.66, "yoy_pct_change"=>-30.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>251, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11219"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>177, "population"=>94196, "neighborhood"=>"Borough Park", "rate_per_10k"=>18.79, "yoy_pct_change"=>5.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>168, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11229"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>144, "population"=>78377, "neighborhood"=>"Madison", "rate_per_10k"=>18.37, "yoy_pct_change"=>-14.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>169, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11223"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>143, "population"=>78093, "neighborhood"=>"Gravesend (East)-Homecrest", "rate_per_10k"=>18.31, "yoy_pct_change"=>-29.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>202, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11208"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>190, "population"=>105428, "neighborhood"=>"East New York-City Line", "rate_per_10k"=>18.02, "yoy_pct_change"=>-28.6, "prior_year_complaints"=>266, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11236"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>148, "population"=>88051, "neighborhood"=>"Canarsie", "rate_per_10k"=>16.81, "yoy_pct_change"=>-10.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>166, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11224"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>85, "population"=>50822, "neighborhood"=>"Coney Island-Sea Gate", "rate_per_10k"=>16.73, "yoy_pct_change"=>14.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>74, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["11239"], "borough"=>"Brooklyn", "complaints"=>20, "population"=>16410, "neighborhood"=>"Spring Creek-Starrett City", "rate_per_10k"=>12.19, "yoy_pct_change"=>-9.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>22, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}]
- Yoy Available
- true
- Yoy Pct Change
- -26.8
- Total Complaints
- 11045
- Prior Year Complaints
- 15099