Cincinnati Assault

Cincinnati · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cincinnati police open data recorded 640 assault incidents, 2.7% of all 23,325 incidents reported in the city that year and down 79.3% from 2024. That is about 203 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 576 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Cincinnati by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)576——
2025640203down 79.3%
20243,087980down 53.6%
20236,6592,115down 0.8%
20226,7122,131up 0.3%
20216,6942,126down 4.9%
20207,0402,236down 5.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 100,295 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Avondale 54 incidents
  2. Westwood 52 incidents
  3. West End 39 incidents
  4. Over-The-Rhine 38 incidents
  5. West Price Hill 33 incidents
  6. East Price Hill 31 incidents
  7. Downtown 31 incidents
  8. Winton Hills 27 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Cincinnati in 2025?

640, according to Cincinnati Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Cincinnati?

Reported assault was down 79.3% in 2025 compared with 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Source: Cincinnati Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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