Northside is a neighborhood of 8,500 residents in Cincinnati, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Northside in Cincinnati safe?
Northside is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Violent crime grades D- and property crime D. Cincinnati as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Northside run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 151 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
9% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Northside as a whole, and 91% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northside scores 151.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Northside, Cincinnati, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northside in Cincinnati, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Northside
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Northside has 11.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Northside
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northside has about 64 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 71% more than the US as a whole and 24% more than Cincinnati as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Northside, about 33% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Police Department polices Northside; these figures cover Cincinnati as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Cincinnati as a whole, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Northside compares with nearby neighborhoods
Northside has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nightlife, tree cover and walkability in Northside
One thing sets Northside apart: it has 2.7 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.2.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.27% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.13.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Northside
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Northside about $2,214 a year per household, 84% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $35 million a year, or $4,068 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Northside means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Northside, Cincinnati, OH average a SchoolGrade of D: 40% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Northside on SchoolGrade
