TOLEDO — Toledo recorded 38 homicides in 2025, matching the previous year’s total and returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to data compiled by Toledo police and 13 Action News.
The city saw consistent homicide rates in the years before the pandemic. Then came a surge in 2020 with 61 homicides, followed by a record year in 2021 with 71 homicides. That number remained elevated in 2022 but started to decline.
Toledo saw 38 homicides in 2024, the same number recorded in the year before the pandemic. By the time 2025 came to a close, the city saw 38 homicides for the second year in a row…