Columbus housing problems.
The same public records, cut by problem instead of place. Each page shows where an issue is reported most, when it peaks, what it travels with, and exactly how to report it.
In your home
The habitability problems renters and buyers check for. Nearly all of these carry severe or critical scores.
Complaints that say "rat" describe the outside: trash, the yard and tall grass or weeds. Complaints that say "mice" describe the inside: the walls or ceiling, the kitchen and the bathroom. Mouse complaints name a landlord twice as often.
Roach reports peak in September at about twice the volume of a typical month.
Reports come in at the highest rates in Downtown (core).
Reports are increasing, with 2026 so far running about 15% ahead of the same months last year.
Reports are increasing, with 2026 so far running about 45% ahead of the same months last year.
Heat and utility reports spike in deep winter, and December runs about twice the volume of a typical month.
Reports are increasing, with 2026 so far running about 20% ahead of the same months last year.
About four in five come from apartment complexes that span more than one street address. Records are filed by address, never by owner or company, so the way to check a landlord is to check the building and every address in the complex.
No neighborhood is spared, but rates run highest in Westgate & Hilliard fringe and Victorian Village.
On your street
The everyday enforcement problems with a clear reporting path and a fixable outcome.
No neighborhood is spared, but rates run highest in Weinland Park.
Tall grass and overgrowth reports peak in May at about twice the volume of a typical month.
Graffiti reports peak in June at about one and a half times the volume of a typical month.
Junk vehicle reports hold steady across the year. There is no season when they stop.
Around the neighborhood
Reports about places and patterns at neighborhood scale. Read these as reports, not verdicts.
No neighborhood is spared, but rates run highest in Franklinton and South Side (core).
About a third of complaints name an hour. The most-named is 10 PM, when the city's residential quiet hours begin. The next six are midnight to 5 AM. The working day barely registers.
These reports describe places and conditions, not people.
Most are filed by family members or neighbors worried about someone.