Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lexington, KY Crime Grade
How Lexington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kentucky — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
6/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lexington, KY was 225.1 per 100,000 residents (745 incidents over a population of 330,994). That puts Lexington 31% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 13% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lexington (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lexington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 300.6(989) | 277.9(892) | 258.4(827) | 267.0(863) | 225.1(745) |
| Murder | 10.9(36) | 12.8(41) | 6.6(21) | 6.8(22) | 4.2(14) |
| Rape | 67.2(221) | 59.2(190) | 60.9(195) | 55.4(179) | 51.1(169) |
| Robbery | 84.8(279) | 70.7(227) | 76.6(245) | 79.8(258) | 58.3(193) |
| Aggravated assault | 137.7(453) | 135.2(434) | 114.4(366) | 125.0(404) | 111.5(369) |
| Property crime | 2751.7(9,052) | 2759.3(8,857) | 2777.6(8,888) | 2302.2(7,442) | 2054.7(6,801) |
| Burglary | 362.3(1,192) | 344.9(1,107) | 339.1(1,085) | 266.7(862) | 201.5(667) |
| Larceny | 2079.9(6,842) | 2010.7(6,454) | 2037.9(6,521) | 1746.3(5,645) | 1626.3(5,383) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 305.2(1,004) | 397.2(1,275) | 393.1(1,258) | 284.0(918) | 224.2(742) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lexington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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