Crime
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 at: https://communitycrimemap.com/?address=Lexington,KY
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