Cincinnati Homicide

Cincinnati · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cincinnati police open data recorded 49 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 23,325 incidents reported in the city that year and down 26.9% from 2024. That is about 15.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 26 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Cincinnati by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)26——
20254915.6down 26.9%
20246721.3down 37.4%
202310734.0up 0.9%
202210633.7down 30.3%
202115248.3up 22.6%
202012439.4up 27.8%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,485 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Winton Hills 4 incidents
  2. Over-The-Rhine 4 incidents
  3. Westwood 3 incidents
  4. West Price Hill 3 incidents
  5. Evanston 3 incidents
  6. Hartwell 3 incidents
  7. Avondale 3 incidents
  8. Walnut Hills 3 incidents

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

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in Cincinnati in 2025?

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

Is homicide going up or down in Cincinnati?

Reported homicide was down 26.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 53.8% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

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.

Other crime types in Cincinnati

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