cincinnati crime

Some people are demanding charges against the man who may have started the Downtown melee, reduced charges against those who have been indicted, or an explanation.

The meeting comes after the Republican senator last week deeply criticized city officials and even threatened withholding federal funding as a video of a Downtown fight went viral.

WVXU’s Becca Costello explains how the Cincinnati Police Department tracks and analyzes crime data, and how you can best understand those numbers.

Public safety plans starting this weekend include expanding the footprint for SWAT and Civil Disturbance Response Team patrols.

A recent spike in crime in Cincinnati has slowed down, but numbers are still higher than this time last year. Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval answers questions from WVXU and city residents.

The most recent data from the Cincinnati Police Department shows 12 homicides in the last month, triple the number during the same month last year.

The number of year-to-date shooting incidents in Cincinnati is at the lowest level since 2010.

Officials hope to get ahead of the annual spike in summer crime with a list of programming for kids and teens such as "Rec at Nite" and free skating.

Nearly every category of crime went down in Cincinnati last year, contributing to an all-time low number of violent crimes.

Cincinnati's police chief told Council's Law and Public Safety Committee Monday about his plans to reassign 24 officers to patrol duties to combat an…