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Columbus Murder Tracker

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Columbus murder tracker

I decided to create this Columbus murder tracker for a few reasons. First, 2020 and 2021 produced consecutive records for total murders in the city, with 2021 coming in far above all other years on record. Additionally, 2021 managed to have the highest murder rate overall, narrowly beating out the early 1990s crack epidemic years. This is significant given that in 2021, the city had a much larger population than it did 30 years ago. I wanted to see if this trend would continue in 2022 or if 2021 was just a very bad fluke.
Second, I wanted to monitor just where murders were taking place in the city. Columbus is going through rapid changes, so I wanted to see if neighborhoods that have been seeing revitalization are still having violent crime issues.
To find out the answers to these questions, this murder tracker monitored homicides through the year and compared the results with previous years. A graph below counts total murders by specific dates of every year since 2018 vs. 2022. Additionally, an interactive map is provided to give further details on specific locations and report information. Homicide data is mostly provided by the Columbus Division of Police

Columbus murder tracker total murders by date

2022 Murders by Month
January: 9
February: 9
March: 11
April: 9
May: 17
June: 9
July: 17
August: 11
September: 16
October: 13
November: 9
December: 7

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The 2022 final numbers are in! 137 murders took place across the year. While not exactly good, this represents a significant decline from both 2020 and 2021. There were 68 fewer than 2021 and 38 fewer than 2020. With luck, this trend of decline will continue into 2023.
It is possible that additional murders will be added to the 2022 over the next few days/weeks/months, so this total will probably change a bit in time. Regardless, 2022 will still end up a vast improvement from last year’s record.
Starting in 2023, the Murder Tracker will be located on the main Columbus Crime Statistics page.

2019 Columbus Crime Data

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2019 Columbus crime data

I updated the Columbus Crime Statistics page with 2019 data, which is the latest year available. The data comes from what the city reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting system.

2019 Violent Crime
-There were 5,350 incidents of violent crime in Columbus in 2019, down slightly from 2018’s 5,365. The rate per 100K people was 595.4, down from 2018’s 601.0.
-There is some discrepancy between the murders the city reported to the FBI- 81- and the total number of homicides it reported in its 2019 year-end report- 104. At 81 murders, it would be a rate of 9 per 100K, while 104 would be a rate of 11.6 per 100K. Even at 104, it would represent a drop from 2018’s 109.
-There were 882 reported rapes, down from 2018’s 894. There were 98.2 rapes per 100K, down from 2018’s 99.9.
-Robberies continued their years-long decline, with 1,810 total and a rate of 201.4 per 100K. Robberies have declined 53% since 2007.
-There were 1,788 aggravated assaults at a rate of 199.0 per 100K. Assaults were higher than 2018’s 1,615, but they are still down nearly 35% since they peaked in 1990.

Violent Crime Changes By Race 2010-2019
Other: -72.7%
Black: -34.6%
White: -21.3%
Unknown Race: -18.2%
Asian: +33.3%

Violent Crime Changes By Gender 2010-2019
Unknown Gender: -42.0%
Male: -35.2%
Female: +21.7%

Violent Crime Changes By Age Group 2010-2019
0 to 19: -41.2%
20 to 39: -33.9%
Unknown Age: -30.8%
40 to 59: +12.8%
60 and Over: +220.9%

Perhaps strangely, Asians, women and older people have seen their crime rates increase. In all 3 cases, the total crimes were relatively low in comparison to other groups, but the changes were significant enough to be noticeable.



2019 Property Crime
-There were 29,974 property crimes reported in 2019 for a rate of 3335.6 per 100K, down from 2018’s 3596.3.
Property crimes peaked in 2001 with 62,151, but have fallen nearly every year since. The 2019 total was 51.8% lower than in 2001.
-Larceny thefts reached 20,606 for a rate of 2293.1 per 100K. This is both down from 2018’s 2427.8 and 46.9% lower than their 2001 peak.
-Burglaries continued their dramatic fall in 2019. 5,809 were reported for a rate of 646.5 per 100K. This is down from 6,477 and 724.9 in 2018, and down nearly 62% just since 2010.
-There were 3,559 motor vehicle thefts for a rate of 396.1 per 100K in 2019, down from 3,962 and 443.7 in 2018. As with burglaries, motor vehicle thefts are down significantly in recent years, having fallen more than 58% just since 2004.

Property Crime Changes By Race 2010-2019
Other: -62.5%
White: -43.9%
Black: -27.7%
Unknown Race: +5.5%
Asian: +22.9%

Property Crime Changes By Gender 2010-2019
Male: -36.9%
Female: -23.3%
Unknown Gender: -0.9%

Property Crime Changes By Age Group 2010-2019
0 to 19: -48.7%
20 to 39: -33.1%
40 to 59: -25.5%
Unknown Age: +2.9%
60 and Over: +31.5%

Here are some additional crime-related links.
Columbus Police Department
National Crime Data Explorer