Reported Crime Incidents in Cincinnati by STARS Category Before June 2024

Daily-updated records of reported crime incidents in Cincinnati, Ohio, collated by the Cincinnati Police Department before June 3, 2024. The data is sourced from the department's Records Management System and includes anonymized incident details. It is published by the City of Cincinnati's Office of Performance and Data Analytics.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal crime trends using DateReported, Hour_From, and Day_Of_Week columns.
• Mapping incident density and spatial patterns using LATITUDE_X, LONGITUDE_X, and BEAT columns.
• Categorizing and summarizing crime types by STARS_Category, Offense, and UCR code columns.
• Investigating case status and closure rates with the CLSD and INCIDENT_NO columns.

Strengths

• Data is updated daily, providing near real-time access.
• Includes geocoded coordinates (LATITUDE_X, LONGITUDE_X) and administrative areas like SNA_NEIGHBORHOOD.
• Processing includes address verification and geocoding by the Office of Performance and Data Analytics.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects incidents before June 3, 2024, and column definitions differ after that date due to a system transition.
• Addresses are anonymized (ADDRESS_X) and coordinates are randomly skewed for privacy, reducing locational precision.

Provenance

Source

Cincinnati Police Department

Collection Method

Incidents recorded in the department's Records Management System (RMS).

Time Range

Incidents reported before June 3, 2024.

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-05-29 12:05:00.

Geography

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.