NYC Rodent Inspection Data from the Rat Information Portal

Rat inspection data for New York City properties, collected by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Division of Environmental Health. The data is accessible via the Rat Information Portal (RIP) web mapping application and was released in April 2015. The dataset is maintained by the City of New York and was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map rodent inspection results based on the geospatial data from the web mapping application.
• Analyze inspection frequency and outcomes across different NYC neighborhoods.
• Identify properties with active rat signs for targeted public health interventions.
• Study potential correlations between inspection density and reported rodent activity.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including RDF, JSON, CSV, and XML.
• Includes explicit data limitation notes regarding inspection coverage and population inference.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Division of Environmental Health Pest Control Database

Collection Method

Inspections conducted by the Division of Environmental Health.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:58:10.524795; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA