Cincinnati, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in Cincinnati
- Which areas of Cincinnati have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 50 neighbourhoods of Cincinnati with a Safety score: Mt. Lookout (10/10), Hyde Park (10/10), Sayler Park (10/10). Highest crime among the 50 neighbourhoods of Cincinnati with a Safety score: Downtown (1/10), Over-the-Rhine (1/10), West End (2/10).
Neighbourhoods in Cincinnati
- Avondale 3/10
- Bond Hill 5/10
- California 10/10
- Camp Washington 1/10
- Carthage 5/10
- Clifton 8/10
- Clifton Heights, University Heights and Fairview 7/10
- College Hill 9/10
- Columbia Tusculum 10/10
- Corryville 2/10
- Downtown 1/10
- East End 8/10
- East Price Hill 5/10
- East Walnut Hills 8/10
- East Westwood 4/10
- English Woods / North Fairmount 2/10
- Evanston 7/10
- Hartwell 7/10
- Hyde Park 10/10
- Kennedy Heights 8/10
- Linwood 6/10
- Lower Price Hill / Queensgate 1/10
- Madisonville 8/10
- Millvale 3/10
- Mt. Adams 9/10
- Mt. Airy 6/10
- Mt. Auburn 7/10
- Mt. Lookout 10/10
- Mt. Washington 10/10
- North Avondale 9/10
- North Fairmount 5/10
- Northside 6/10
- Oakley 6/10
- Over-the-Rhine 1/10
- Paddock Hills 4/10
- Pendleton 4/10
- Pleasant Ridge 9/10
- Riverside 9/10
- Riverside / Sedamsville 5/10
- Roll Hill 2/10
- Roselawn 4/10
- Sayler Park 10/10
- South Cumminsville 2/10
- South Fairmount 4/10
- Spring Grove Village 3/10
- Walnut Hills 3/10
- West End 2/10
- West Price Hill 7/10
- Westwood 6/10
- Winton Hills 3/10
Other places nearby
Mayors of Cincinnati since 2010
Cincinnati: Mayor Aftab Pureval (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Mike DeWine (Republican)
Aftab Pureval · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since January 2026
Too early to compare
Aftab Pureval · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2022 – January 2026
Cincinnati ▲ +6% · USA ▼ −7%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
John Cranley · Democrat, nonpartisan office
December 2017 – January 2022
Cincinnati ▼ −31% · USA ▼ −19%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
John Cranley · Democrat, nonpartisan office
December 2013 – December 2017
Cincinnati ▼ −12% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
