Lexington, MO Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lexington, MO Summary

Crime in Lexington research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lexington over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lexington:

  • There were 93 total crimes committed in Lexington the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,060.7 total crimes per 100K people in Lexington.
  • The overall crime rate in Lexington is -11.34% below the national average.
  • Lexington ranks #241 safest out of 378 cities in Missouri.
  • Lexington ranks #6,661 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Lexington Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lexington is 2,060.7 per 100,000 people. That's -11.34% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -32.96% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 3,073.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lexington
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 93 2,060.7 3,073.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 11.8 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 74.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 66.5 413.3 268.2
Violent Crime 4 88.6 542.7 369.8
Burglary 20 443.2 378.8 269.8
Larceny 63 1,396.0 1,759.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 132.9 393.2 282.7
Property Crime 89 1,972.1 2,531.0 1,954.4

Lexington Crime Compared To Missouri Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Missouri.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Lexington

4
Violent Crimes
88.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Lexington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lexington is 88.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,128.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lexington each year. That compares to a 1 in 184.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.03% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -83.67% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 542.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lexington

89
Property Crimes
1,972.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
0.90%
Above The National Average
  • There were 89 property crimes in Lexington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lexington is 1,972.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 50.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lexington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 0.90% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -22.08% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 2,531.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lexington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lee's Summit, MO 103,976 2,325 2,236.1 2,097.6 138.5
Leawood, KS 33,596 699 2,080.6 1,952.6 128.0
Raymore, MO 25,351 397 1,566.0 1,447.7 118.3
Kearney, MO 11,041 166 1,503.5 1,331.4 172.1
Smithville, MO 10,654 73 685.2 563.2 122.0
Parkville, MO 8,412 131 1,557.3 1,462.2 95.1
Greenwood, MO 6,077 29 477.2 362.0 115.2
Richmond, MO 5,638 257 4,558.4 3,777.9 780.4
Higginsville, MO 4,642 35 754.0 754.0 0.0
Fairway, KS 4,171 57 1,366.6 1,318.6 48.0

Lexington SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
9
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
8
Commute
6
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