Finding 1
Kansas City recorded 476 rodent-related service requests in 2025, or 9.1 per 10,000 residents.
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Kansas City Rodent Report: Complaints, Trends & Hotspots
In 2025, Kansas City recorded 476 rodent-related service requests, equal to approximately 9.1 reports per 10,000 residents. This reflects reported activity, not a measured rodent population.
Key numbers
- Annual reports
- 476
- 2025, complete calendar year
- Reports per 10,000
- 9.1
- 521,220 city residents
- Year-over-year change
- -9.8%
- 2024 to 2025
- Peak reporting month
- April
- 54 reports
Source: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues · U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · January–December 2025. Definitions and provenance.
Highest-reporting council district: 3 (271 reports). This is a total, not relative risk.
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Key findings
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Finding 2
Kansas City's report total fell by 9.8% from 2024 to 2025.
Finding 3
April had the highest monthly total in 2025: 54 reports.
Finding 4
February had the lowest monthly total: 15 reports.
Finding 5
3 had the largest total among records with a known council district: 271 reports. These are complaint totals, not relative risk.
Kansas City: annual reports
Complete calendar years with the same configured reporting category. Historic records can be revised by the city.
Timeframe: 2023–2025. Last updated 2026-10-16. Axes: Complete calendar year; Municipal reports. Underlying sources: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues · U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Methodology. Data: RodentExterminator.com US Rodent Index.
View accessible data table: Kansas City: annual reports
| City / year | Reports |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 626 |
| 2024 | 528 |
| 2025 | 476 |
Kansas City: monthly reports, 2025
April had the highest total (54 reports). Reporting season is not necessarily rodent breeding season.
Timeframe: 2025. Last updated 2026-10-16. Axes: Month; Municipal reports. Underlying sources: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues · U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Methodology. Data: RodentExterminator.com US Rodent Index.
View accessible data table: Kansas City: monthly reports, 2025
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| Jan | 17 |
| Feb | 15 |
| Mar | 51 |
| Apr | 54 |
| May | 47 |
| Jun | 38 |
| Jul | 51 |
| Aug | 47 |
| Sep | 51 |
| Oct | 41 |
| Nov | 40 |
| Dec | 24 |
Geographic reporting patterns
Where reports were recorded in 2025
476 of 476 reports have usable coordinates inside the configured city extent. 0 reports are not plotted. Counts show reporting volume, not relative risk.
Hover or tap a cell for its total. Open the complete grid-cell table below for the same values.
Cells group reports into 0.01° latitude/longitude bins. Darker cells have more reports. No population denominator is available at this level. This is a geographic grid, not a street or city-boundary map. It does not show infestation risk or individual addresses.
Complete grid-cell data table (130 cells)
| Latitude | Longitude | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 38.895 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 38.915 | -94.505 | 2 |
| 38.925 | -94.515 | 2 |
| 38.925 | -94.505 | 1 |
| 38.925 | -94.485 | 2 |
| 38.935 | -94.515 | 1 |
| 38.945 | -94.575 | 3 |
| 38.945 | -94.515 | 2 |
| 38.945 | -94.505 | 1 |
| 38.945 | -94.495 | 1 |
| 38.945 | -94.485 | 2 |
| 38.955 | -94.515 | 1 |
| 38.955 | -94.495 | 2 |
| 38.955 | -94.475 | 1 |
| 38.955 | -94.455 | 1 |
| 38.965 | -94.575 | 2 |
| 38.965 | -94.505 | 1 |
| 38.975 | -94.605 | 1 |
| 38.975 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 38.985 | -94.605 | 1 |
| 38.985 | -94.595 | 4 |
| 38.985 | -94.575 | 5 |
| 38.985 | -94.565 | 5 |
| 38.985 | -94.555 | 1 |
| 38.995 | -94.605 | 2 |
| 38.995 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 38.995 | -94.565 | 5 |
| 38.995 | -94.555 | 4 |
| 38.995 | -94.545 | 3 |
| 38.995 | -94.535 | 1 |
| 38.995 | -94.495 | 1 |
| 39.005 | -94.605 | 1 |
| 39.005 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.005 | -94.575 | 4 |
| 39.005 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 39.005 | -94.555 | 4 |
| 39.005 | -94.545 | 3 |
| 39.005 | -94.535 | 1 |
| 39.015 | -94.595 | 4 |
| 39.015 | -94.585 | 2 |
| 39.015 | -94.575 | 3 |
| 39.015 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 39.015 | -94.555 | 4 |
| 39.015 | -94.545 | 8 |
| 39.015 | -94.535 | 9 |
| 39.015 | -94.435 | 1 |
| 39.025 | -94.595 | 1 |
| 39.025 | -94.575 | 1 |
| 39.025 | -94.565 | 3 |
| 39.025 | -94.555 | 6 |
| 39.025 | -94.545 | 3 |
| 39.025 | -94.535 | 4 |
| 39.025 | -94.495 | 2 |
| 39.025 | -94.485 | 1 |
| 39.025 | -94.445 | 1 |
| 39.035 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.035 | -94.565 | 3 |
| 39.035 | -94.555 | 12 |
| 39.035 | -94.545 | 6 |
| 39.035 | -94.535 | 1 |
| 39.035 | -94.475 | 3 |
| 39.035 | -94.435 | 2 |
| 39.045 | -94.605 | 4 |
| 39.045 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.045 | -94.575 | 1 |
| 39.045 | -94.565 | 5 |
| 39.045 | -94.555 | 10 |
| 39.045 | -94.545 | 4 |
| 39.045 | -94.525 | 3 |
| 39.045 | -94.435 | 1 |
| 39.055 | -94.595 | 3 |
| 39.055 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.055 | -94.575 | 1 |
| 39.055 | -94.565 | 9 |
| 39.055 | -94.555 | 7 |
| 39.055 | -94.545 | 25 |
| 39.055 | -94.535 | 3 |
| 39.055 | -94.525 | 2 |
| 39.055 | -94.515 | 1 |
| 39.055 | -94.455 | 1 |
| 39.065 | -94.565 | 6 |
| 39.065 | -94.555 | 5 |
| 39.065 | -94.545 | 16 |
| 39.065 | -94.535 | 16 |
| 39.065 | -94.525 | 3 |
| 39.065 | -94.505 | 3 |
| 39.075 | -94.565 | 5 |
| 39.075 | -94.555 | 19 |
| 39.075 | -94.545 | 24 |
| 39.075 | -94.535 | 10 |
| 39.075 | -94.525 | 4 |
| 39.075 | -94.515 | 5 |
| 39.085 | -94.595 | 3 |
| 39.085 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.085 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 39.085 | -94.555 | 21 |
| 39.085 | -94.545 | 3 |
| 39.085 | -94.535 | 6 |
| 39.085 | -94.525 | 2 |
| 39.085 | -94.515 | 5 |
| 39.095 | -94.555 | 1 |
| 39.095 | -94.545 | 1 |
| 39.095 | -94.535 | 4 |
| 39.095 | -94.525 | 7 |
| 39.095 | -94.515 | 4 |
| 39.095 | -94.505 | 5 |
| 39.105 | -94.585 | 4 |
| 39.105 | -94.555 | 1 |
| 39.105 | -94.545 | 8 |
| 39.105 | -94.535 | 3 |
| 39.105 | -94.525 | 5 |
| 39.105 | -94.515 | 1 |
| 39.105 | -94.505 | 2 |
| 39.115 | -94.575 | 1 |
| 39.115 | -94.555 | 1 |
| 39.115 | -94.535 | 4 |
| 39.115 | -94.525 | 2 |
| 39.115 | -94.515 | 3 |
| 39.125 | -94.555 | 3 |
| 39.125 | -94.545 | 5 |
| 39.175 | -94.505 | 1 |
| 39.185 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 39.185 | -94.515 | 1 |
| 39.185 | -94.505 | 1 |
| 39.195 | -94.625 | 1 |
| 39.195 | -94.585 | 4 |
| 39.205 | -94.595 | 1 |
| 39.235 | -94.585 | 1 |
| 39.235 | -94.565 | 1 |
| 39.265 | -94.565 | 1 |
Source: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues · January–December 2025. Definitions and provenance.
Council district totals
9 of 476 reports have no usable council district. No area population denominator is available.
| Council district | Reports |
|---|---|
| 3 | 271 |
| 5 | 102 |
| 4 | 47 |
| 6 | 35 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 |
ZIP code totals
476 of 476 reports have no usable zip code. No area population denominator is available.
| ZIP code | Reports |
|---|
For property-level prevention, see our rodent exclusion guide. Complaint totals cannot diagnose a specific property.
Recent 12-month trend
413 reports from 2025-09-01 through 2026-08-31, compared with 507 in the preceding 12 months (-18.5%).
The comparison ends at the last complete month in this snapshot, not today. It measures reports only. Reporting changes and later data revisions can affect this comparison.
| Window (end exclusive) | Reports |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 to 2026-09-01 | 413 |
| 2024-09-01 to 2025-09-01 | 507 |
Source: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues. Definitions and provenance.
Methodology and source limits
Reporting systems, categories, response programs and willingness to report differ between cities. Counts are reports, not measured rodent populations.
Counts KC 311 reported issues under Health Code Violations with the subtype Rats. Issues entered by staff on behalf of callers are included.
Kansas City publishes open times as local clock time.
The per-capita denominator is the Census city population, not metro-area or county population. The 2025 population estimate is 521,220, from Vintage 2025.
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Source: KC 311 Call Center Reported Issues · U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Definitions and provenance.
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Last retrieved: . Coverage: 2023-01-01 through 2026-08-31. Rankings use complete years only.
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