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Lexington's violent crime rate was lower than the national rate in 2020. Its rate of property crime was higher than the national rate. | |||
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== Community Crime Map == | |||
Lexington's official Community Crime Map is updated daily by the Lexington Police Department. It can be accessed [https://communitycrimemap.com/?address=Lexington,KY here]. | |||
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/lexington/ r/lexington. Reddit] | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/lexington/ r/lexington. Reddit] | ||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/GangBangCity/ r/GangBangCity. Reddit] | * [https://www.reddit.com/r/GangBangCity/ r/GangBangCity. Reddit] | ||
* [https://realestate.usnews.com/places/kentucky/lexington-fayette/crime Lexington-Fayette, KentuckyCrime Rate & Safety] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:11, 4 January 2024
Lexington's violent crime rate was lower than the national rate in 2020. Its rate of property crime was higher than the national rate.
2023 Crime Data[edit | edit source]
| 2023 Part I Offenses by Month | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident Type | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
| Murder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Forcible Rape | 14 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| Robbery | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 18 | ||||
| Aggravated Assault | 33 | 30 | 28 | 34 | 29 | 43 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 36 | ||||
| Breaking & Entering | 94 | 74 | 115 | 104 | 122 | 117 | 102 | 85 | 67 | 83 | ||||
| Larceny - Theft | 629 | 541 | 600 | 596 | 595 | 599 | 695 | 664 | 549 | 585 | ||||
| Auto Theft | 98 | 120 | 71 | 95 | 92 | 117 | 148 | 111 | 104 | 97 | ||||
| Arson | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Monthly Total | 888 | 800 | 853 | 864 | 871 | 912 | 1,021 | 939 | 793 | 837 | ||||
| 2023 month compared | 2.2% | 2.6% | -0.8% | 2.2% | -3.0% | 7.2% | 12.3% | -3.0% | -18.4% | -3.7% | ||||
| Year to Date | 888 | 1,688 | 2,541 | 3,405 | 4,276 | 5,188 | 6,209 | 7,148 | 7,941 | 8,778 | ||||
| YTD compared 2022 | 2.2% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3.3% | 2.4% | -0.1% | -0.5% | ||||
Community Crime Map[edit | edit source]
Lexington's official Community Crime Map is updated daily by the Lexington Police Department. It can be accessed here.
Gangs[edit | edit source]
List of gangs and criminal organizations that have been known to have a presence in Lexington, albeit small. Please note that this data could be inaccurate. Lexington is not known as a very dangerous city, relatively speaking.
- Latin Kings
- Westside Locos 13
- Almighty Ambrose
- Florencia 13
- 22 Boys
- Sureños
- Gaylords
- Outlaws MC
References[edit | edit source]
- Crime data. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
- Teachers get schooled on gangs. Richmond Register
- WKYT Investigates: Gangs in Lexington. WKYT
- Lexington police address violence, gangs in city. WTVQ
- Lexington Police investigating if vandalism is gang graffiti. WKYT
- ‘They’re dead now.’ Are gang members, retaliations driving Lexington’s violent crime?. Lexington Herald Leader
- Chapters. Outlaws MC
- Rival street gangs were involved in two shootings in Versailles. Lexington Herald Leader
- r/lexington. Reddit
- r/GangBangCity. Reddit
- Lexington-Fayette, KentuckyCrime Rate & Safety