Lexington, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lexington, TN shows violent crime at 412.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,987.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
412.5/100K violent
1987.5/100K property
+17% vs U.S.
The verdict
Lexington earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 17% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+17%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
19th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,987.5
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lexington, TN
Comparable rate records
Lexington's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lexington's 412.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are East Ridge (411.2), Clarksville (410.0), Murfreesboro (420.0), McEwen (402.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Lexington sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 412.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lexington ranks 58 of 176 — above 118 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +38.2% against the cohort median of 298.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 518.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 412.5 in 2024 (-20.4%). The highest observed value was 855.3 in 2023 and the lowest 339.9 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lexington's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-51.8%
855.3 → 412.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-22.5%
2566 → 1987.5/100K
Property offenses lead Lexington's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
159
1987.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
130
1625
-
Burglary
21
262.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
100
-
Arson
2
25
-
Violent Crime
33
412.5
352
Aggravated Assault
32
400
-
Rape
1
12.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Lexington Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lexington property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,987.5/100K↓22.5%vs 2023
Lexington violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
412.5/100K↓51.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,915
518
2590
246
2021
Comparable
7,888
621.2
2332.7
233
2022
Comparable
7,944
339.9
2454.7
222
2023
Comparable
7,950
855.3
2566
272
2024
Comparable
8,000
412.5
1987.5
192
How Lexington sits among TN peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Lexington Police Department NIBRS-participating
Lexington's crime figures on this page originate from Lexington Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Tennessee
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Tennessee cities closest to Lexington in population. Their populations run from 7,311 to 8,537, against 8,000 here. Or use our
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These Tennessee cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Lexington's 412.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Lexington has a violent crime rate of 412.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1987.5 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Lexington, TN safe? ▼
Lexington receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 42/100. The violent crime rate is 17% above the national average and 31% below the Tennessee average.
What is the population of Lexington, TN? ▼
The reporting population for Lexington is 8,000 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Lexington? ▼
In 2024, Lexington reported 33 violent crimes and 159 property crimes, for a total of 192 reported offenses.
How do Lexington's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Lexington recorded about one reported offense per 42 residents and one reported violent offense per 242 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lexington? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Lexington's violent crime rate decreased by 51.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lexington? ▼
The most common crime type in Lexington is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.7% of all reported crimes (130 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Lexington is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Lexington, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.