Staten Island Rat Activity Report, 2025
Staten Island
Staten Island recorded 1,130 rodent complaints in 2025, the smallest total of any borough, down 9.4 percent from 1,247 in 2024. That is the most modest decline in the city, where every other borough fell by at least 14 percent. Against a population of 494,956, the borough reported 22.83 complaints per 10,000 residents, the lowest rate citywide.
Reported activity concentrates along the North Shore. West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill led at 41.68 complaints per 10,000 residents from 107 complaints, up 11.5 percent year over year. Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville followed at 28.31 per 10,000 and rose 23.0 percent. Staten Island runs counter to the citywide picture at neighborhood level, with four of its five most affected areas reporting year over year increases.
- 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
- Staten Island
- Population
- 494956
- Rate Per 10k
- 22.83
- Neighborhoods
- [{"zips"=>["10310"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>107, "population"=>25672, "neighborhood"=>"West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill", "rate_per_10k"=>41.68, "yoy_pct_change"=>11.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>96, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10303"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>75, "population"=>26497, "neighborhood"=>"Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville", "rate_per_10k"=>28.31, "yoy_pct_change"=>23.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>61, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10302"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>51, "population"=>19030, "neighborhood"=>"Port Richmond", "rate_per_10k"=>26.8, "yoy_pct_change"=>-20.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>64, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10304"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>119, "population"=>45658, "neighborhood"=>"Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills", "rate_per_10k"=>26.06, "yoy_pct_change"=>7.2, "prior_year_complaints"=>111, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10308"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>77, "population"=>30568, "neighborhood"=>"Great Kills-Eltingville", "rate_per_10k"=>25.19, "yoy_pct_change"=>1.3, "prior_year_complaints"=>76, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10306"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>140, "population"=>57428, "neighborhood"=>"New Dorp-Midland Beach", "rate_per_10k"=>24.38, "yoy_pct_change"=>-4.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>146, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10312"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>150, "population"=>63469, "neighborhood"=>"Arden Heights-Rossville", "rate_per_10k"=>23.63, "yoy_pct_change"=>-26.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>203, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10305"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>96, "population"=>41270, "neighborhood"=>"Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills", "rate_per_10k"=>23.26, "yoy_pct_change"=>-25.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>128, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10301"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>89, "population"=>41052, "neighborhood"=>"St. George-New Brighton", "rate_per_10k"=>21.68, "yoy_pct_change"=>-33.1, "prior_year_complaints"=>133, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10314"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>159, "population"=>93915, "neighborhood"=>"New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis", "rate_per_10k"=>16.93, "yoy_pct_change"=>-3.0, "prior_year_complaints"=>164, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10309"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>57, "population"=>34885, "neighborhood"=>"Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow", "rate_per_10k"=>16.34, "yoy_pct_change"=>29.5, "prior_year_complaints"=>44, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}, {"zips"=>["10307"], "borough"=>"Staten Island", "complaints"=>10, "population"=>15512, "neighborhood"=>"Tottenville-Charleston", "rate_per_10k"=>6.45, "yoy_pct_change"=>-52.4, "prior_year_complaints"=>21, "zips_missing_population"=>[]}]
- Yoy Available
- true
- Yoy Pct Change
- -9.4
- Total Complaints
- 1130
- Prior Year Complaints
- 1247