The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Kennedy Heights

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Kennedy Heights. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH Map of Crime Rates
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C

Overall Crime Grade™

B-
C+
Other Crime Grade
D+

$3.27 million

Cost of Crime™ for Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH

In 2025, crime will cost $1,238 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Kennedy Heights with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH Safe?

The C overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Kennedy Heights's combined rate is slightly higher than the norm. Kennedy Heights sits in the 41st percentile, ahead of 41% of neighborhoods and behind 59%. The grade covers only Kennedy Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Kennedy Heights is 41.27 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 19 in the west areas to 1 in 33 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH report the most crime, about 48 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 6 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Kennedy Heights for 2025 is $3,269,920, about $629 per resident and $1,238 per household. That equals 1.5% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 54.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 34.0%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.6%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Kennedy Heights Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH: $629
Downtown Cleveland, Cleveland,: $1225
Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord, W: $259
Ohio: $441
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Kennedy Heights is $629 per year, which is $165 more than the national average and $188 more than Cincinnati's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Kennedy Heights:
  • In Downtown Cleveland, Cleveland,, crime costs $1,225 per person, which is $596 more than in Kennedy Heights.
  • In Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord, W, crime costs $259 per person, which is $369 less than in Kennedy Heights

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Kennedy Heights for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Kennedy Heights
Cost per Kennedy Heights Resident
Murder
$941,568
$181
Rape/Sexual Assault
$322,480
$62
Robbery
$124,375
$24
Assault
$267,680
$51
Kidnapping
$35,095
$7
Vehicle Theft
$504,061
$97
Burglary
$135,208
$26
Theft
$365,913
$70
Arson
$14,901
$3
Vandalism
$233,790
$45
Animal Cruelty
$1,877
$0
Drug Crimes
$249,545
$48
Identity Theft
$73,429
$14
Total Cost of Crime
$3,269,920
$629

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Kennedy Heights totals $7,913,536 ($1,522 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $11,183,456 ($2,151 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The east part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Kennedy Heights's 5,200 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Kennedy Heights Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Kennedy Heights residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
1.792
Robbery
0.7604
Rape
1.023
Murder
0.0964
Total Violent Crime
3.672 (B-)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
13.59
Vehicle Theft
6.260
Burglary
2.867
Arson
0.1187
Total Property Crime
22.83 (C+)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.1113
Drug Crimes
6.488
Vandalism
6.293
Identity Theft
1.824
Animal Cruelty
0.0488
Total "Other" Rate
14.77 (D+)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Kennedy Heights is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Kennedy Heights.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
B-
C
C
B
C+
A
A+
A
C
B
C
D-
D
D-
D
D
D
B-
B+
B
D-
D
D
B
A
B+
D+
C+
D+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Kennedy Heights is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
B
B
B
B
C+
C+
B
C
C
A-
B-
B-
B+
C
C
C+
B+
B+
C+
D
D
B+
B
B
B+
C
C
C-
D+
D+

Considering only the crime rate, Kennedy Heights is less safe than the Ohio state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati, OH average SchoolGrade of F, with 19% actual proficiency versus 17% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Kennedy Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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