Most city Police departments in Ohio produce annual or monthly reports, especially in cities with high violent crime rates. The City of Springfield has ranked first (1st) through fifth (5th) in the State of Ohio in violent crime rate per capita from 2015 to present, and yet the last public annual report produced was from 1980. The City of Springfield also ranks first (1st) in Ohio in per capita in reported RAPE. To make this clear, compared to all cities in Ohio, the City of Springfield ranks in the Top 10 in almost every category of measurable crime. However, there are no annual Springfield Police Department Reports. One would think that with 100 City of Springfield employees being paid $98,000, see payroll HERE or more per year, someone could write a 3-page summary of reported crime per month.
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