Hyde Park recorded 14 violent crimes through Oct. 17, more than double the neighborhood's three-year average of about six, according to the Cincinnati Police Department's latest neighborhood crime report.

At the same time, property crime fell hard. The neighborhood logged 68 property offenses year to date, down roughly 54% from a three-year average of about 147. The CPD report covers Hyde Park data through Oct. 17.

Violent crime breakdown

Three reported robberies account for much of the violent-crime jump. The three-year average was one. Aggravated assaults rose to four from an average of about two. Reported rapes totaled three, roughly in line with the three-year average of about 2.7.

Strangulation offenses, a category Ohio added to the Revised Code in April 2023, reached four this year after averaging fewer than one. Strangulations are a subcategory of aggravated assaults, and the CPD report excludes them from averages before 2024. That makes the three-year comparison for that line unreliable.

The report's own percentage column lists the year-to-date violent-crime change against the three-year average as roughly negative 12%, a figure that does not match the raw numbers. The year-over-year column shows a 133% increase, from six violent incidents in 2025 to 14 in 2026.

Latest 28-day period

During the Sept. 20 through Oct. 17 window, police recorded seven reported Part 1 violent offenses, up from three in the prior 28-day period. One was violent: a reported rape on the 2400 block of Madison Road on Sept. 23.

Six property crimes rounded out the period. They included a burglary on the 2600 block of Observatory Avenue on Sept. 28, an auto theft on the 3500 block of Potomac Avenue on Sept. 23 and a theft from a vehicle on the 2400 block of Madison Road on Oct. 15. Police also recorded two personal thefts on Erie Avenue on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21 and one on Michigan Avenue on Sept. 21.

Property crime plunge

Every property category fell year to date. Auto thefts dropped to 14 from a three-year average of about 36. Thefts from vehicles fell to 26 from about 46. Personal and other thefts declined to 22 from about 46. Burglaries fell to six from an average of 18.

Year over year, total property crime dropped 62%, from 179 incidents in 2025 to 68 in 2026.

All figures are preliminary and subject to revision, the CPD report states.

Residents can reach the police non-emergency line at 765-1212.