Crime

2023 Crime Data

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

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