CUF is a neighborhood of 16,400 residents in Cincinnati, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in CUF?
CUF grades B for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Assaults make up 79% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Cincinnati as a whole grades C+ for violent crime.
B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 676 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than CUF as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. CUF scores 676.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in CUF, Cincinnati, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in CUF 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 about violent crime in CUF
Robberies run high, though violent crime runs low. Violent crime in CUF runs 15% below the US rate, but robberies run at more than double that rate: 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How CUF compares within Cincinnati
Violent crime varies widely across CUF: 59% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 21% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across CUF run from A to D-.
59%20%21%
A or B 59%C 20%D or F 21%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
CUF has less violent crime than 24 of the 42 neighborhoods in Cincinnati. It covers much of the CUF, Clifton, and Walnut Hills areas.
Is violent crime going up in Cincinnati?
Reported violent crime in Cincinnati as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 2%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.6 to 8.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
CincinnatiUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Cincinnati. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Cincinnati
Violent, US
2016
+9%
+4%
2017
+11%
+4%
2018
-0%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
2021
-4%
+6%
2022
-3%
+5%
2023
-15%
+2%
2024
-2%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in CUF
CrimeGrade™ estimates CUF has about 11 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Cincinnati as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in CUF, about 79% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Police Department polices CUF; these figures cover Cincinnati as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Cincinnati as a whole, 41% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 44% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in CUF and nearby neighborhoods
CUF has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Corryville and Central Business District have less.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set CUF apart: it has 89 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of B+ (69 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. It also combines many bars with dense blocks: places with both tend to report more assault and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.89 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 86% 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 assault. 54% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (69 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.88% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 72% 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 violent crime costs CUF
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs CUF about $30 million a year, or $1,855 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $5.9 million, or $362 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
