Bed bugs in Columbus, Ohio

This page maps every bed bug report filed with the City of Columbus, Ohio: cases where a tenant reported bed bugs in a home or apartment.

Renting or buying

Renting or about to?

Bed bugs arrive with furniture, luggage, and turnover, not with weather or a bad block. The building’s treatment history matters more than its location.

Before you sign, ask whether any unit has had bed bugs and how it was treated. Check the mattress seams and outlet covers on the tour.

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Right now

Dealing with it right now?

Report it to 311 with the address and unit. Every bed bug report in this data is scored severe, and inspectors treat them as a habitability problem.

Do not fog or self-treat blind. It scatters them into the walls and the next unit. Bag your bedding, document the bites and the bugs, and push for professional treatment.

Owners

Landlord or property manager?

Inspecting and professionally treating units between tenancies prevents the reports that recur most. One untreated unit reinfests its neighbors.

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Is your building or block already on record for bed bugs?

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164 bed bug reports across Columbus, plus about 81,000 complaints of every kind, plotted block by block.

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Where it's most reported

Rates compare each neighborhood's share of reports against the citywide share. This page describes where reports come from and skips ranked lists on purpose.

Reports come in at the highest rates in Downtown (core).

For contrast, rates run lowest in OSU / University District among the busiest areas.

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Often reported with

What else shows up at the same addresses. Address-level comparison, so this reads as a building-quality signal, not a coincidence of one phone call.
RoachesAddresses with bed bug reports are about six times as likely to also have roach reports on file.→ Landlord and management complaintsAddresses with bed bug reports are about four times as likely to also have landlord complaints reports on file.→ No heat and shut-off utilitiesAddresses with bed bug reports are about three times as likely to also have heat and utility reports on file.→ Sewage backupsAddresses with bed bug reports are about three times as likely to also have sewage reports on file.→

When it gets reported

Share of the year's reports landing in each month. Each year is scaled to its own level before months are averaged, so a year with more reports, or a change in how the city takes them in, does not tilt the shape.
January · 11% of the year's reportsJFebruary · 6% of the year's reportsFMarch · 11% of the year's reportsMApril · 6% of the year's reportsAMay · 5% of the year's reportsMJune · 12% of the year's reportsJJuly · 13% of the year's reportsJAugust · 7% of the year's reportsASeptember · 12% of the year's reportsSOctober · 8% of the year's reportsONovember · 5% of the year's reportsNDecember · 3% of the year's reportsD

With about 160 reports on file, the month-to-month pattern is too thin to read as a season.

All bed bug reports by month latest month: 10
10 JAN '25 SEP '26

Common questions

How do I report bed bugs in Columbus?

Call 311 or file through the Columbus 311 app or columbus.gov. Give the address and unit, and say when the bites or sightings started. Keep evidence. Professional treatment is usually the landlord’s responsibility in a rental. The step-by-step reporting guide →

Are bed bug reports in Columbus going up?

They are steady. So far this year Columbus has logged about the same number of bed bug reports as the same months last year.

Who is responsible for fixing bed bugs?

In Columbus rentals the landlord is generally responsible for professional bed bug treatment. Tenants are expected to cooperate with preparation, but self-treatment alone rarely ends an infestation.

Looking at a specific address?

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Source & method

What counts here. Reports that describe bed bugs.

Data comes from official City of Columbus code enforcement records (Accela portal + ArcGIS REST API). Reports are categorized by keyword matching on complaint narratives and city record types, so counts are reports filed, not verified conditions, and automated matching can misfile individual records. The data window covers JAN 2025 – SEP 2026, so month-of-year patterns will sharpen as full years accrue.