(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today launched a new online tool that provides unprecedented transparency into felony crime and sentencing trends across Ohio.
“This data has countless applications, whether it’s helping families understand community safety or guiding policymakers in improving criminal justice laws,” Yost said. “Most importantly, it strengthens accountability and helps ensure that violent offenders get the sentences they deserve. Knowledge is power.”
The Ohio Crime Statistics Dashboard, now accessible on the Attorney General’s website, compiles felony arrest and sentencing data dating back the past 10 years for all 88 counties. It is the first public-facing dashboard of its kind in Ohio.
The platform offers the public, researchers, law enforcement and the judiciary a clear, data-driven look at the types of crimes committed in different jurisdictions and the sentences imposed for those offenses.
The dashboard pulls its data from the state’s Computerized Criminal History database, which has served since 1974 as the statewide repository for arrest and conviction data that law enforcement agencies are required to submit to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Designed for ease of use, the platform allows users to filter data by offense type, county, court, law enforcement agency and offender demographics. Interactive maps and graphs make it easy to identify regional trends, compare jurisdictions and study sentencing outcomes.
Because the dashboard relies on self-reported data from hundreds of agencies, inconsistent reporting compliance can result in incomplete data, including missing information on felony levels.
The dashboard also cautions users to avoid drawing conclusions from offender demographics in the sentencing dataset, noting that judges base individual sentences on myriad factors that are not available to the public.
“Drawing inferences about race-, sex- or age-based influences is dangerous, incendiary and not supported by the level of detail available in this dashboard,” a disclaimer on the platform says.
Additional data will be added to the dashboard over time, ensuring that it remains a valuable resource for research and accountability.
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