Description:
This report provides information about crimes occurring in major Ohio cities during the fourth quarter (October 1st – December 31st) of 2016. The cities included in this report are Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo and Youngstown. Data for this report are taken from the Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System (OIBRS). OIBRS is a voluntary crime reporting program that allows Ohio law enforcement agencies to electronically submit crime statistics to state and federal government agencies. The data included in this report consist of the seven most severe categories of offenses collected by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. These offenses are known as Part 1 crimes, and are divided in to two categories: violent crimes (murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) and property crimes (burglary, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft.)