Cincinnati Police Department

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.

Cincinnati Police spent up to 1,500 hours investigating crashes on interstates within the city last year.

Overall, shootings and youth shooting victims were down, as were burglaries. Despite the increase over 2023, violent crime levels were almost 10% below those seen in 2019, the year before a pandemic-related crime spike.

Registering your camera would not give CPD direct access to the video feed.

CPD is offering out-of-home gun storage to keep families safe during the holidays.

Cincinnati's Police Chief Teresa Theetge made an unscheduled appearance at Monday's Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education meeting to call upon district leaders to address a rise in student-involved incidents with police at city transit centers.

CPD Chief Teresa Theetge told Cincinnati City Council that both violent crime and property crime are down from last year. But there are still serious issues.