Manhattan Rat Activity Report, 2025
Manhattan
Manhattan recorded 8,631 rodent complaints in 2025, down 15.4 percent from 10,203 in 2024. Against a population of 1,604,959, that is 53.78 complaints per 10,000 residents, the highest rate of any borough and well above the citywide figure of 37.25.
East Harlem (North) accounts for a large share of that total on its own, with 1,418 complaints at a rate of 364.88 per 10,000 residents, more than three times the next highest neighborhood in the city. Harlem (South) follows at 102.09 per 10,000 from 379 complaints. Harlem is one of the city's designated Rat Mitigation Zones, where active inspection and outreach lift reporting independently of underlying conditions. East Harlem (North) fell 33.1 percent year over year, the steepest decline among Manhattan's leading neighborhoods.
- 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
- Manhattan
- Population
- 1604959
- Rate Per 10k
- 53.78
- Neighborhoods
- [{"zips"=>["10035"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>1418, "population"=>38862, "neighborhood"=>"East Harlem (North)", "rate_per_10k"=>364.88, "yoy_pct_change"=>-33.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>2121, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10026"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>379, "population"=>37123, "neighborhood"=>"Harlem (South)", "rate_per_10k"=>102.09, "yoy_pct_change"=>-20.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>477, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10024"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>492, "population"=>63115, "neighborhood"=>"Upper West Side (Central)", "rate_per_10k"=>77.95, "yoy_pct_change"=>11.6, "prior_year_complaints"=>441, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10027"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>485, "population"=>63885, "neighborhood"=>"Morningside Heights", "rate_per_10k"=>75.92, "yoy_pct_change"=>-5.6, "prior_year_complaints"=>514, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10030", "10037", "10039"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>566, "population"=>80820, "neighborhood"=>"Harlem (North)", "rate_per_10k"=>70.03, "yoy_pct_change"=>-25.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>756, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10031"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>424, "population"=>61058, "neighborhood"=>"Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill", "rate_per_10k"=>69.44, "yoy_pct_change"=>3.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>410, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10025"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>625, "population"=>93065, "neighborhood"=>"Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley", "rate_per_10k"=>67.16, "yoy_pct_change"=>2.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>611, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10028", "10128"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>649, "population"=>107053, "neighborhood"=>"Upper East Side-Yorkville", "rate_per_10k"=>60.62, "yoy_pct_change"=>-6.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>697, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10032"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>271, "population"=>55610, "neighborhood"=>"Washington Heights (South)", "rate_per_10k"=>48.73, "yoy_pct_change"=>-6.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>289, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10034"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>179, "population"=>37758, "neighborhood"=>"Inwood", "rate_per_10k"=>47.41, "yoy_pct_change"=>-35.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>279, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10012"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>101, "population"=>21426, "neighborhood"=>"Greenwich Village", "rate_per_10k"=>47.14, "yoy_pct_change"=>-1.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>103, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10029"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>327, "population"=>77447, "neighborhood"=>"East Harlem (South)", "rate_per_10k"=>42.22, "yoy_pct_change"=>-0.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>330, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10003", "10009"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>467, "population"=>113769, "neighborhood"=>"East Village", "rate_per_10k"=>41.05, "yoy_pct_change"=>-2.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>478, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10033", "10040"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>367, "population"=>94934, "neighborhood"=>"Washington Heights (North)", "rate_per_10k"=>38.66, "yoy_pct_change"=>-26.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>499, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10014"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>107, "population"=>29230, "neighborhood"=>"West Village", "rate_per_10k"=>36.61, "yoy_pct_change"=>-41.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>182, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10019", "10036"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>255, "population"=>75978, "neighborhood"=>"Hell's Kitchen", "rate_per_10k"=>33.56, "yoy_pct_change"=>1.6, "prior_year_complaints"=>251, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10023"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>233, "population"=>69455, "neighborhood"=>"Upper West Side-Lincoln Square", "rate_per_10k"=>33.55, "yoy_pct_change"=>-28.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>326, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10021", "10044", "10065", "10075"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>308, "population"=>104093, "neighborhood"=>"Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island", "rate_per_10k"=>29.59, "yoy_pct_change"=>-17.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>375, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10017", "10022"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>138, "population"=>49346, "neighborhood"=>"East Midtown-Turtle Bay", "rate_per_10k"=>27.97, "yoy_pct_change"=>27.8, "prior_year_complaints"=>108, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10001", "10011", "10018"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>239, "population"=>87347, "neighborhood"=>"Chelsea-Hudson Yards", "rate_per_10k"=>27.36, "yoy_pct_change"=>-36.9, "prior_year_complaints"=>379, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10010"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>82, "population"=>30702, "neighborhood"=>"Gramercy", "rate_per_10k"=>26.71, "yoy_pct_change"=>1.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>81, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10007", "10013"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>88, "population"=>34625, "neighborhood"=>"Tribeca-Civic Center", "rate_per_10k"=>25.42, "yoy_pct_change"=>0.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>88, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10016"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>127, "population"=>52971, "neighborhood"=>"Murray Hill-Kips Bay", "rate_per_10k"=>23.98, "yoy_pct_change"=>2.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>124, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10002"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>181, "population"=>76873, "neighborhood"=>"Lower East Side", "rate_per_10k"=>23.55, "yoy_pct_change"=>-6.7, "prior_year_complaints"=>194, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10004", "10005", "10006", "10038", "10280"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>98, "population"=>48414, "neighborhood"=>"Financial District-Battery Park City", "rate_per_10k"=>20.24, "yoy_pct_change"=>32.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>74, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10020"], "borough"=>"Manhattan", "complaints"=>1, "population"=>0, "neighborhood"=>"Midtown-Times Square", "rate_per_10k"=>nil, "yoy_pct_change"=>nil, "prior_year_complaints"=>nil, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}]
- Yoy Available
- true
- Yoy Pct Change
- -15.4
- Total Complaints
- 8631
- Prior Year Complaints
- 10203