Cincinnati Theft

Cincinnati · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Cincinnati police open data recorded 4,660 theft incidents, 20.0% of all 23,325 incidents reported in the city that year and down 41.3% from 2024. That is about 1,480 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 3,927 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Cincinnati by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,927——
20254,6601,480down 41.3%
20247,9332,519down 46.4%
202314,7884,696up 31.4%
202211,2503,572up 11.4%
202110,0953,206down 1.7%
202010,2703,261down 13.3%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 190,866 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Westwood 728 incidents
  2. Oakley 468 incidents
  3. Downtown 305 incidents
  4. West Price Hill 235 incidents
  5. Over-The-Rhine 220 incidents
  6. Corryville 209 incidents
  7. East Price Hill 164 incidents
  8. Avondale 150 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Cincinnati in 2025?

4,660, according to Cincinnati Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Cincinnati?

Reported theft was down 41.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 58.6% 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.

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