COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus police are working to correct a decade of crime data that was reported incorrectly to the state and to the FBI.
We first told you about this in December; CPD flagged an issue with its reporting system. Now, three months later, NBC4 Investigates is checking on how recovery efforts are going and has found the fix is taking longer than expected.
165,000 cases were not reported to the state, as they should have been, because of an issue with the CPD’s record management system. That impacts data that is then sent to the FBI. It does not impact locally reported data, or any investigations and casework.
It matters because it impacts a number that shows how many cases are actually solved, which could impact grant money the division receives. So NBC4 Investigates is tracking the recovery process.
One dead, one arrested after Pickerington shooting"Cases were still reported, they were still investigated. People were charged with crimes, people went to jail," CPD Deputy Chief Time Myers said in December 2024.
The issue started in 2013 with a switch to a more in-depth crime reporting system. When Columbus police shared the error in December, NBC4 Investigates downloaded the state data. This week we did again and analyzed it to see where recovery efforts stand.
3,674 violent crime offenses have been added to the data from 2013-2023. That’s a little more than a third of the violent offenses CPD says it needs to update. There are now 898 more rape offenses counted in the data.
Of the 32,711 property crime reports that fell through 3,525 have been updated as of Wednesday, with larceny-theft offenses increasing by 1,792. A spokesperson for CPD said there is no estimated timeline for the correction to be completed. You can find a breakdown of where the recovery efforts stand as of March 5 below.
Again, Columbus police have access to every case. This is a statistical issue that impacts things like clearance, or solve rate, and could impact grant money the division receives.
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