71,059
Total complaints
Columbus neighborhoods.
Code-enforcement complaints broken down by neighborhood, greater area, and surrounding suburb — showing where rats, mold, sewage, drugs, noise and other issues concentrate, with the ability to drill into any address.
33
Neighborhoods tracked
7
Greater areas
16%
Severe or critical
This month in Columbus
Pest / Rodent season is here.
Pest / Rodent complaints citywide run about 65% above a typical month in July. Landlords are responsible for treating infestations in most rentals. Report untreated pests to 311.
418Pest / Rodent reports citywide in July
City pulse · all reports by month · Jan 2025 – Jul 2026
Rising fastest · this year vs last
Marion-Franklin+46% OSU / University District+46% Tamarack / Red Robin+39% Clintonville+37% Downtown (core)+35%Falling fastest · this year vs last
Weinland Park-14% South Hilltop / Wheatland-11% Hilltop (core)-9% Linden (Cleveland Ave corridor)-8% Far East / Eastland-7%Same-months comparison, 2026 vs 2025. Only neighborhoods with at least 100 reports in both periods qualify. Citywide reports are up 9% over the same window.
Where each issue is most concentrated
These are the places where a problem shows up far more than usual. Each number compares a neighborhood to a typical Columbus neighborhood — so "8×" means complaints come in about eight times as often there. It points to where a problem is unusually common, not just where the most complaints get filed.
How far above a typical neighborhood
Slightly above
Above average
Well above
Far above
NoiseFar above average
7.4×
Downtown (core) →
Noise reports here are filed about 7.4× as often as in a typical Columbus neighborhood.
BedbugsFar above average
4.8×
Downtown (core) →
Bedbugs reports here are filed about 4.8× as often as in a typical Columbus neighborhood.
Mold / Water DamageFar above average
3.7×
Westgate & Hilliard fringe →
Mold / Water Damage reports here are filed about 3.7× as often as in a typical Columbus neighborhood.
Violence / Weapons
Drugs
Roaches
Sewage
Encampments
HVAC / Utilities
Rats
Hoarding
Vacant Structures
Greater Columbus areas
Larger regions made up of several smaller areas grouped together. Each card shows the total number of complaints, how many were severe, and the one issue that stands out most there.
Linden
3 parts7,167
Reports
19%
Severe
Stands out for
Violence / Weapons
Hilltop
2 parts8,698
Reports
14%
Severe
Stands out for
Drugs
West Side
4 parts5,273
Reports
16%
Severe
Stands out for
Drugs
Northland
6 parts8,283
Reports
15%
Severe
Stands out for
Hoarding
Downtown
7 parts11,877
Reports
15%
Severe
Stands out for
Noise
East Side
3 parts6,527
Reports
20%
Severe
Stands out for
HVAC / Utilities
South Side
4 parts6,391
Reports
17%
Severe
Stands out for
Encampment
Columbus neighborhoods
Smaller neighborhoods that aren't part of a larger region. Same details — total complaints, how many were severe, and the issue that stands out most.
Separate municipalities
NB
These surrounding cities and suburbs run their own code enforcement. Columbus's dataset only contains boundary and overlap records for them — so these counts are overlap-record counts, not a measure of each municipality's real enforcement activity.
Every neighborhood page
The full list — every area, neighborhood, and surrounding municipality with its own report page.
Source & methodHow to read these numbers
- Data comes from official City of Columbus records, pulled from the Accela permitting portal and the city's ArcGIS REST API.
- The meter and "× more than usual" figures compare each neighborhood to the citywide average across all complaints.
- "Rising / falling fastest" compares each neighborhood's reports so far this year to the same months last year, and only neighborhoods with real volume in both periods qualify.
- Complaints are reports, not verified facts. Individual records may be unverified, already resolved, or disputed.
- Categories are assigned by automated keyword matching and may occasionally include mismatches.