CurrentCrimeMap

Data through September 2026, Cincinnati Police Department

Crime in Cincinnati, OH

The violent crime rate in Cincinnati is 835 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, 91% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is +4% compared with the previous 12 months.

Downtown Cincinnati viewed from Devou Park.
Photo: EEJCC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

835 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,640 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

+4% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

3,468 per 100,000 residents, per year

10,969 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

−7% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

4,303 per 100,000 residents, per year

13,609 reported in the 12 months to Sep 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 316,260, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Cincinnati sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

835

Cincinnati has the 32nd-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 270 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Cincinnati; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Topeka, KS88227
Grand Rapids, MI86628
Fort Smith, AR85129
Tulsa, OK84130
Houston, TX83731
Cincinnati, OH83532
Indianapolis, IN82833
Nashville, TN82834
Paterson, NJ81335
Tacoma, WA81336
Atlanta, GA79637

The places closest to Cincinnati in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Cincinnati crime map

cities around it
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Cincinnati Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Cincinnati and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Cincinnati, 1 has a higher violent crime rate and 7 a lower one. The closest is Dayton, OH, 47 miles away.

Cincinnati and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Cincinnati, OH835
Dayton, OH1,25447 mi
Lexington, KY21676 mi
Louisville, KY61291 mi
Fishers, IN7596 mi
Indianapolis, IN82898 mi
Columbus, OH355100 mi
Carmel, IN51104 mi
Fort Wayne, IN276139 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Sep 2026
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
HomicideViolent4915—−26%
About these categories

The FBI publishes city totals by family, not a full breakdown by offence, so homicide is the only type Cincinnati Police Department reports separately here. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Violent crime +4%

0100200300OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep220220
Violent crimes per month in Cincinnati, OH, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Oct 2025248Oct 2024262
Nov 2025217Nov 2024241
Dec 2025183Dec 2024196
Jan 2026187Jan 2025146
Feb 2026148Feb 2025158
Mar 2026225Mar 2025188
Apr 2026250Apr 2025182
May 2026235May 2025200
Jun 2026227Jun 2025273
Jul 2026245Jul 2025244
Aug 2026255Aug 2025231
Sep 2026220Sep 2025220

Homicides −26%

051015OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep23
Homicides per month in Cincinnati, OH, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Oct 20259Oct 202411
Nov 20252Nov 20242
Dec 20256Dec 20244
Jan 20264Jan 20256
Feb 20266Feb 20257
Mar 20264Mar 20253
Apr 20261Apr 20254
May 20263May 20255
Jun 20266Jun 202511
Jul 20263Jul 20254
Aug 20263Aug 20256
Sep 20262Sep 20253

32 in 2026 through September, 49 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Oct 2023
Reported crime per month in Cincinnati, OH
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Sep 20262208402
Aug 20262559393
Jul 20262459493
Jun 20262279876
May 20262359973
Apr 20262508451
Mar 20262258394
Feb 20261487836
Jan 20261878074
Dec 20251839576
Nov 20252179092
Oct 20252481,1179
Sep 20252201,1363
Aug 20252319656
Jul 20252441,0724
Jun 20252731,08711
May 20252009125
Apr 20251827044
Mar 20251888583
Feb 20251587977
Jan 20251468906
Dec 20241961,0264
Nov 20242411,1192
Oct 20242621,17311
Sep 20242461,0663
Aug 20242441,12510
Jul 20242621,1697
Jun 20242821,0165
May 20242569635
Apr 20242398725
Mar 20241718335
Feb 202413986110
Jan 20241338612
Dec 20231499704
Nov 20231551,1136
Oct 20231951,2699

How Cincinnati compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
32Cincinnati, OH8353,468316,260Sep 2026
47Corpus Christi, TX7452,689317,077Jun 2026
54Greensboro, NC7022,980310,328Dec 2025
83Riverside, CA5682,056325,858Aug 2026
98Durham, NC5133,439307,140Aug 2026
108St. Paul, MN4852,686307,657Sep 2026
119Newark, NJ4241,560318,638Jul 2026
174Santa Ana, CA3101,267317,439Jun 2026
293Irvine, CA75856321,339Sep 2026
297St. Johns County, FL (Sheriff)65245322,319Oct 2026

The 10 places closest to Cincinnati in population, Cincinnati included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
9Dayton, OH1,2544,065136,047Aug 2026
10Cleveland, OH1,2513,527363,659Aug 2026
32Cincinnati, OH8353,468316,260Sep 2026
43Toledo, OH7642,437264,490Jun 2026
44Akron, OH7552,397189,545Aug 2026
153Columbus, OH3552,374940,106Aug 2026

All 6 places in Ohio on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
9Dayton, OH1,2544,065136,047Aug 2026
32Cincinnati, OH8353,468316,260Sep 2026
33Indianapolis, IN8282,884903,574Oct 2025
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
117Kanawha County, WV (Sheriff)4331,28783,074Jul 2026
153Columbus, OH3552,374940,106Aug 2026
188Fort Wayne, IN2761,808275,451Jan 2026
226Lexington, KY2162,035330,994Jul 2026
294Fishers, IN75437105,143Jul 2026
302Carmel, IN51634104,553Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Cincinnati by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Cincinnati side by side with Cleveland, Columbus or Toledo, or with any other place.

Other cities in Ohio

5 city pages, closest first

Ohio as a whole has 277 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Cincinnati’s rate is 202% above the state’s.

DaytonColumbusToledoAkronCleveland

All 6 cities in Ohio

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Cincinnati safe?

By reported violent crime, Cincinnati is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 835 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to September 2026, +4% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Cincinnati?

This site does not have one for Cincinnati. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Cincinnati compares with nearby places such as Dayton, OH instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Cincinnati?

835 violent and 3,468 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 13,609 incidents reported to Cincinnati Police Department over the 12 months to September 2026.

Is crime in Cincinnati going up or down?

It is going up: violent crime +4% and property crime −7% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Cincinnati had in 2026?

Cincinnati Police Department reported 32 homicides from January to September 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 49 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Sep 2026 the count was 49, or 15 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Cincinnati Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset OHCIP0000). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Cincinnati

12 months to September 2026

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

OHCIP0000
Source
Cincinnati Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset OHCIP0000)
Latest complete month
September 2026
History on this site
October 2023 to September 2026 (45 months)
Update schedule
Cincinnati Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)