Lexington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lexington for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Lexington in 2019 was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 21.84% and the city property crime rate in Lexington was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 42.1%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Lexington was higher than the
violent crime rate in Kentucky by 36.58% and the city property crime rate in Lexington was higher than the
property crime rate in Kentucky by 58.01%.