Cincinnati, Ohio Crimes Report

    For anyone who lives in or near the Cincinnati area knows that crime rates tend to be high, nearly double the national average. Hence, it is vitally important to know the area you live in, especially when it comes to one’s safety and well-being. Utilizing data from City of Cincinnati, there is a lot of information regarding crimes committed in the city. Specific to this report, the goal is to illustrate the percent of crimes committed by categorical suspect races through particular types of crimes. From the visualization, one can make inferences as to what types of crimes are committed more or less often by these suspect races. As a side note, the suspect race had blank data in some cases, meaning that the race was most likely not reported or was unknown at the time. To simply the visualization, I mutated the suspect race blank data points to the Unknown category since they are essentially the same.

    After analyzing the visualization, it is apparent that Part 2 Minor and Theft occur the most in Cincinnati, Ohio amongst the suspect races involved. Specifically, it appears that the categories: White, Black, and Asian/Pacific Island are most involved in Part 2 Minor crimes, whereas American Indian/Alaska native are more involved in theft crimes. Additionally, we generally see an even spread between Part 2 Minor and Theft crimes committed for the Unknown suspect race. Perhaps relieving and surprising to most would be the fact that Homicide is barely visible on the graph meaning that there were not that many murders involved in this report. With that, it appears that not many crimes committed involve: Aggravated Assaults, Homicide, Rape, Robbery, and Unauthorized Use. Overall, the vast majority of crimes committed by all suspect races tend to be both Part 2 Minor and Theft. To many, these types of crimes are far more manageable to live with in a higher crime rated city than those with crimes such as Homicide and Rape. With this information, it can be useful for many in order to gauge how safe it is to live in a city, but specifically the city of Cincinnati.