Raccoons and wildlife in Columbus, Ohio

This page maps every wildlife report filed with the City of Columbus, Ohio: raccoons, squirrels, bats, and other animals in walls, attics, and crawl spaces.

Get it handled

Want it fixed?

Wildlife is not regular pest control. For an animal inside your home, call a licensed wildlife removal company. Code enforcement handles the building conditions that let it in.

Report it to 311 when the animal is getting in through a neglected structure, like a hole in a rental’s roof or an abandoned house next door. Include the address and where the animals get in and out.

Know the rules

What counts?

A raccoon in a tree is nature. A raccoon in your attic through a rotted soffit is a maintenance problem, and in a rental that repair is the landlord’s job.

Exclusion beats trapping. Sealing entry points after removal is what keeps the next animal out.

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856 wildlife reports across Columbus, plus about 81,000 complaints of every kind, plotted block by block.

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Where it's most reported

Neighborhoods ranked by rate, meaning each category's share of the neighborhood's reports against its citywide share, so big neighborhoods don't win just for being big. Only rates with enough reports behind them are listed.
#1Victorian Village2.1×13 reports #2Far East / Eastland1.6×81 reports

For contrast, rates run lowest in Eastmoor among the busiest areas.

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Often reported with

What else shows up at the same addresses. Address-level comparison, so this reads as a building-quality signal, not a coincidence of one phone call.
Rats and miceAddresses with wildlife reports are about six times as likely to also have rat and mouse reports on file.→ Sewage backupsAddresses with wildlife reports are about three times as likely to also have sewage reports on file.→ Landlord and management complaintsAddresses with wildlife reports are about three times as likely to also have landlord complaints reports on file.→

When it gets reported

Share of the year's reports landing in each month. Each year is scaled to its own level before months are averaged, so a year with more reports, or a change in how the city takes them in, does not tilt the shape.
January · 3% of the year's reportsJFebruary · 4% of the year's reportsFMarch · 5% of the year's reportsMApril · 9% of the year's reportsAMay · 16% of the year's reportsMJune · 17% of the year's reportsJJuly · 18% of the year's reportsJAugust · 12% of the year's reportsASeptember · 8% of the year's reportsSOctober · 5% of the year's reportsONovember · 2% of the year's reportsNDecember · 2% of the year's reportsD

Reports peak in July at about twice the volume of a typical month. The quietest month is November. A quiet autumn does not mean the problem went away. Reporting drops citywide in cold months.

All wildlife reports by month latest month: 48
48 JAN '25 SEP '26

Common questions

How do I report raccoons and wildlife in Columbus?

For an animal inside the living space, call a licensed wildlife removal company first. Report the building condition to 311 when animals are getting in through disrepair, especially in rentals or at vacant properties. Include the address and the entry point if you can see it. The step-by-step reporting guide →

Are wildlife reports in Columbus going up?

Yes. Wildlife reports so far this year are running about 17% ahead of the same months last year.

Where are wildlife reports most common in Columbus?

Rates run highest in Victorian Village and Far East / Eastland, comparing each neighborhood's share of reports against the citywide share. No neighborhood is entirely without them.

Looking at a specific address?

Get the full Block Report, covering what's been reported at that exact address, the same building, and chronic neighbors within a third of a mile.

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Source & method

What counts here. Reports that describe raccoons, squirrels, opossums, skunks, bats, snakes, or groundhogs, most often in walls, attics, or crawl spaces.

Data comes from official City of Columbus code enforcement records (Accela portal + ArcGIS REST API). Reports are categorized by keyword matching on complaint narratives and city record types, so counts are reports filed, not verified conditions, and automated matching can misfile individual records. The data window covers JAN 2025 – SEP 2026, so month-of-year patterns will sharpen as full years accrue.