2007 STATISTICS Ohio’s biggest cities

January 2, 2008 at 2:00a.m.

Homicides recorded by the city’s three largest cities in 2007 and 2006:

CINCINNATI

2007: 68.

2006: 89.

Change: down 24 percent.

CLEVELAND

2007: 133.

2006: 119.

Change: up 12 percent.

(Police awaiting coroner’s ruling on whether one additional case was a homicide.)

COLUMBUS

2007: 79.

2006: 104.

Change: down 24 percent.

Source: Associated Press