With just four days left in 2021, Cincinnati is set to see a second record year of homicides as killings remain elevated throughout the era of COVID-19.
As of Monday, 91 people had been killed in the city. Last year, Cincinnati saw 94 killings.
The Enquirer has tracked annual homicides going back to 1959. The city has only had more than 80 homicides during three of those years: 2006, 2020 and now 2021. A total of 88 people were killed in 2006.
Based on census data, 2020 was also the first year on record for Cincinnati to have more than 30 killings per 100,000 people. As recently as 2018, that number was 20 killings per 100,000 people.
While homicides hover near the record, the total number of fatal and non-fatal shootings in the city has decreased nearly 18 percent between this year and last year.
As of Dec. 13, there had been 388 shootings in the city compared to 472 during the same period in 2020.
However, the total number of shootings remains elevated over pre-pandemic levels. In 2019, there were about 10 percent fewer shootings by Dec. 13 compared to this year.
While Cincinnati may match its 2020 record for homicides, other cities have already significantly surpassed them. Columbus could see 200 homicides before the end of the year while the city had 175 in 2020. Indianapolis has had 263 this year compared to 245 in 2020.
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