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Lexington Crime Rate Report (Tennessee)

Lexington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lexington for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lexington in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 40.13% and the city property crime rate in Lexington was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 1.87%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lexington was lower than the violent crime rate in Tennessee by 6.75% and the city property crime rate in Lexington was lower than the property crime rate in Tennessee by 4.47%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lexington Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lexington Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lexington Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault34
Arson0
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft104
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)192
Property Crime126
Violent Crime37
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault30
Arson1
Burglary15
Larceny and Theft96
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)187
Property Crime121
Violent Crime33

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lexington Property Crime

Lexington Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lexington Crime 2025

Lexington Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lexington Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lexington Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lexington, Tennessee crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Lexington crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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