Crime
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
2023 Part I Offenses by Month | ||||||||||||||
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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
Lexington's official Community Crime Map is updated daily by the Lexington Police Department. It can be accessed here.
Gangs
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
- 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