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Cincinnati Norwood District

6 neighborhoods - a quarterly race to the lowest crime rate.

Crime Trends: Neighborhoods compared - each quarter from Q1 2022

Cincinnati as a whole averaged 20.3 crimes for every 1,000 residents per quarter in Q2 2026, while Cincinnati's Norwood District averaged 13.2, hence it is generally safer when all crimes are considered.

How do the 6 neighborhoods of Cincinnati's Norwood District compare? In Q2 2026 the police recorded 690 crimes across them, 13.2 for every 1,000 residents. That is 4.9% above a year earlier and 49.4% above Q1 2022, the first quarter we track.

Hyde Park has the lowest rate of the everyday neighborhoods (4.1 per 1,000), followed by Pleasant Ridge (8.6) and North Avondale - Paddock Hills (13.9). Oakley has the highest (21.6).

Use the RACE CHARTS below to watch all 6 CINCINNATI NORWOOD DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOODs race across 18 quarter periods from Q1 2022 to Q2 2026 - one crime category at a time or all together. The race chart can be used to compare average crime rates by category against Cincinnati's average.

Neighborhood boundaries are defined by CAGIS / City of Cincinnati and simplified by CrimesLog.
Lowest rate (everyday)
lowest rateHyde Park
4.1 crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026
Highest rate
upOakley
21.6 per 1,000, Q2 2026
Whole area, Q2 2026
13.2 per 1,000
up 4.9% above a year earlier · up 49.4% above Q1 2022
Compared
6 neighborhoods
52,460 residents · 18 quarters

Cincinnati Norwood District neighborhood quarterly crime race

Press ▶︎ to watch Q1 2022 to Q2 2026. Tick one crime category or several; hover a bar for the neighborhood. Property crimes includes burglaries and thefts.

Crime categories
Indicated: crimes rate per 1000 residents per quarterAll · safest at the top · square-root scale · Q1 2022 to Q2 20260151010.9Bond Hill10.1Evanston5.1Hyde Park9.8North Avondale - Paddock Hills12.5Oakley6.0Pleasant RidgeCincinnati Q2 2026 average all crimes (20.3)Numbers are crimes per 1,000 residents per quarter. Zero-crime quarters show 0 and rank safest.
La Tosca Flats Front and Western Side, Hyde Park You checked the neighborhood.Now check an address ! Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Harry Milton Levy House, Hyde Park
Hyde Park · Harry Milton Levy House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH, North Avondale - Paddock Hills
North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Old St. Mark's Catholic Church, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH, Evanston
Evanston · Old St. Mark's Catholic Church, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
St. Aloysius Orphanage in Cincinnati, Bond Hill
Bond Hill · St. Aloysius Orphanage in Cincinnati
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Oakley Bank Building, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH, Oakley
Oakley · Oakley Bank Building, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
George Hoadley Jr. House, Hyde Park
Hyde Park · George Hoadley Jr. House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH, North Avondale - Paddock Hills
North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Doris Day Childhood Home, Greenlawn Avenue, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH, Evanston
Evanston · Doris Day Childhood Home, Greenlawn Avenue, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH
Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

How neighborhoods moved each quarter

2022

Whole-area crime rate 8.8 to 13.7 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2022).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2023

Whole-area crime rate 11.3 to 12.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2024

Whole-area crime rate 9.7 to 13.1 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2025

Whole-area crime rate 10.4 to 14.6 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

2026

Whole-area crime rate 10.7 to 13.2 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.

No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.

Reported Safety Incidents

In Q2 2026: property incidents were 39% (269), vehicle crimes were 19% (129), violent incidents were 4% (30) and public order incidents were 0% (0).

Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.

Places we left out, and places to read with care

No place is left out: every neighborhood in this race has residents to count.

The 6 neighborhoods on the map

Norwood District is made of 6 neighborhoods compared here, each in its own colour on the map. They are the Statistical Neighborhood Approximations of the City of Cincinnati (CAGIS), grouped into areas of the city by CrimesLog: 52,460 residents between them.

  • Bond Hill
  • Evanston
  • Hyde Park
  • North Avondale - Paddock Hills
  • Oakley
  • Pleasant Ridge

All 6 neighborhoods, Q2 2026

Crimes per 1,000 residents, Q2 2026, lowest first. The last two columns compare with Q1 2022.
#NeighborhoodResidentsAllViolentPropertyVehiclePublic orderRate vs Q1 2022Places gained
1Hyde Park13,2934.10.10.61.90.0down21%–
2Pleasant Ridge8,1418.60.12.32.20.0up43%–
3North Avondale - Paddock Hills4,90513.91.21.81.60.0up42%–
4Evanston8,15615.11.03.44.00.0up50%–
5Bond Hill6,39919.51.94.23.00.0up79%–
6Oakley11,56621.60.115.42.30.0up72%–

Photographs

34 photographs of the 6 neighborhoods run along the reel; click one to see it full size. Each is credited here and under the large view.

All 34 photographs and their credits
  1. Hyde Park · Harry Milton Levy House. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  2. North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  3. Evanston · Old St. Mark's Catholic Church, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  4. Bond Hill · St. Aloysius Orphanage in Cincinnati. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  5. Oakley · Oakley Bank Building, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  6. Hyde Park · George Hoadley Jr. House. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  7. North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Avondale Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  8. Evanston · Doris Day Childhood Home, Greenlawn Avenue, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  9. Bond Hill · Antioch Fire Baptized Holiness Church, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  10. Oakley · St. Cecilia Catholic Parish Church, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  11. Hyde Park · John Henry Weston House. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  12. North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Beechwood Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  13. Evanston · Old Hoffman Elementary School, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  14. Bond Hill · Catholic Church of the Resurrection, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  15. Oakley · Public Library of Cincinnati Oakley Branch, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  16. Hyde Park · Library, Cincinnati Observatory, Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  17. North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Avon Hills Gatepost, Rose Hill Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  18. Evanston · Walnut Hills High School, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  19. Bond Hill · Bond Hill Presbyterian Church, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  20. Oakley · 20th Century Theater, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  21. Hyde Park · La Tosca Flats Front and Western Side. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
  22. North Avondale - Paddock Hills · Rose Hill Avenue, North Avondale, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  23. Evanston · Old Hoffman Elementary School, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  24. Bond Hill · California Avenue, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  25. Oakley · Oakley Bank Building, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  26. Hyde Park · Withrow High School, Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  27. Evanston · Woodburn Avenue, Evanston, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  28. Bond Hill · Paddock Road, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  29. Oakley · Brotherton Place Apartments, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  30. Hyde Park · Cincinnati Observatory, Hyde Park, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  31. Bond Hill · Paddock Road, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  32. Bond Hill · Ryland Avenue, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  33. Bond Hill · Bella Vista Street, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr
  34. Bond Hill · Rossmore Avenue, Bond Hill, Cincinnati, OH. Photo: w_lemay, CC0 · Flickr

Sources and notes

CrimesLog sources crime incident data published by the City of Cincinnati through its Open Data portal under the PDI (Police Data Initiative) Crime Incidents dataset, incorporating information originally reported by the Cincinnati Police Department.

Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (public domain).

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Neighborhood boundaries are the Statistical Neighborhood Approximations defined by CAGIS / City of Cincinnati, grouped into areas of the city and simplified by CrimesLog. The photographs are credited under each picture.

Rates are recorded crimes per 1,000 residents, quarter by quarter; where a neighborhood has fewer than 100 residents the rate would be worked out on 100 (those places are left out of the race). A count of recorded crime is not a verdict on any neighborhood.