Editing Toledo, Ohio (section)

===Crime===
In the second decade of the 21st century, the city had a gradual peak in violent crime. In 2010, there was a combined total of 3,272 burglaries, 511 robberies, 753 aggravated assaults, 25 homicides, as well as 574 motor vehicle thefts out of what was then a decreasing population of 287,208.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/preliminary-annual-ucr-jan-jun-2011/data-tables/table-4/table-4-montana-ohio |title=FBI — Table 4 Montana - Ohio |work=FBI |access-date=July 28, 2016 |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529074621/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/preliminary-annual-ucr-jan-jun-2011/data-tables/table-4/table-4-montana-ohio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, there were 1,562 aggravated assaults, 30 homicides, 1,152 robberies, 8,366 burglaries, and 1,465 cases of motor vehicle theft. In 2012, there were a combined total of 39 murders, 2,015 aggravated assaults, 6,739 burglaries, and 1,334 cases of motor vehicle theft. In 2013 it had a drop in the crime rate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/06/03/Toledo-s-crime-rate-plunges-but-data-called-into-question.html |title=Toledo's crime rate takes plunge |work=Toledo Blade |access-date=August 28, 2014 |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905055359/http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/06/03/Toledo-s-crime-rate-plunges-but-data-called-into-question.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the city was ranked 93rd of the Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in America.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 most dangerous places to live in the U.S. in 2018 |url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous-2018 |access-date=June 24, 2019 |date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624021611/https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous-2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to a state government task force, Toledo has been identified as the fourth-largest recruitment site for [[Human trafficking in the United States|human trafficking in the US]].<ref name="OhioTaskForce">{{Cite web |url=http://humantrafficking.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdfs/TaskForcepressrelease62712.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114154230/http://humantrafficking.ohio.gov/Portals/0/pdfs/TaskForcepressrelease62712.pdf |title=Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force: Recommendations to Governor John R. Kasich |archive-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref>

The year 2020 brought the highest number of homicides in 39 years, according to the Toledo Police Department's 50-year trend chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/toledo-homicides-in-2020/512-be6fa6fa-1af7-4ddc-be4e-a814dfa632a3 |title=Toledo homicides in 2020 highest in 39 years, TPD data shows |date=July 23, 2021 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722184134/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/toledo-homicides-in-2020/512-be6fa6fa-1af7-4ddc-be4e-a814dfa632a3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning with the pandemic in 2020, homicides jumped to a record 61.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/homicides-in-toledo-make-big-jump-children-latest-victims/512-a244a5cd-f4a6-48a6-814c-ddcb5711e1f0 |title=Homicides in city make big jump, children latest victims |date=May 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722192658/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/homicides-in-toledo-make-big-jump-children-latest-victims/512-a244a5cd-f4a6-48a6-814c-ddcb5711e1f0 |url-status=live }}</ref> There were a record of 70 homicides in Toledo in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/tpds-plan-to-fight-violence-in-toledo/512-e0a6b256-b89d-44d9-864b-594d0ba4436e |title=How Toledo Police plan to fight violence in Toledo |date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627215524/https://www.wtol.com/article/news/crime/tpds-plan-to-fight-violence-in-toledo/512-e0a6b256-b89d-44d9-864b-594d0ba4436e |url-status=live }}</ref> Toledo was one of 12 major U.S. cities to have broken annual homicide records in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453 |title='It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523050246/https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453 |url-status=live }}</ref>