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Cincinnati Police Department

City agencyOHCIP0000NIBRS since 1998LEMAS 2020Founded 1858

Hamilton County, Ohio

Serves ~316,260 residents · UCR reported

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The Cincinnati Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Cincinnati, Ohio. The department has 1,053 sworn officers and 119 non-sworn employees.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 25,562 victims, 32,856 offenders
Victim sex
Female12,987 (51%)
Male12,504 (49%)
Unknown71 (0%)
Victim race
White12,349 (51%)
Black or African American11,363 (47%)
Asian456 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native55 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander19 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home8,429 (26%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage7,873 (24%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk6,336 (19%)
Other/Unknown2,822 (9%)
Grocery/Supermarket1,425 (4%)
Convenience Store1,114 (3%)

Top 6 of 40 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown2,925 (30%)
Stranger2,819 (29%)
Acquaintance1,063 (11%)
Otherwise Known790 (8%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend676 (7%)
Other Family Member327 (3%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property1,034 (48%)
Simple Assault371 (17%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery320 (15%)
Motor Vehicle Theft79 (4%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud78 (4%)
Intimidation75 (3%)

Top 6 of 18 categories shown.

Open data

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
999
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
116
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
1,115
Population served
304,548
Operating budget
$155,527,630
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013986129$128,712,737
20071,062247$138,064,860
20031,047283$85,147,420
20001,030291$78,148,540
19991,004298

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
971
Civilians (2025)
122

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

CPD Contact Cards
traffic stops
Reported Threats and Assaults on Police Officers
crime incidents

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