What is the crime rate in Lexington, NC?

In 2025, the Lexington Police Department reported 93 violent crimes and 569 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 465 violent and 2,845 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,003 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 334 and 1,815.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 465
Property per 100,000: 2,845
Violent crimes: 93
Property crimes: 569

Crime reported by the Lexington Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	109	554	589	2,992	19,686
2024	87	437	594	2,985	19,899
2025	93	465	569	2,845	20,003

Violent crimes reported went from 109 in 2023 to 93 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 589 in 2023 to 569 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Lexington against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lexington	465	2,845
North Carolina	334	1,815
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Lexington, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lexington	—	465	2,845
Spencer	11 mi	87	962
East Spencer	12 mi	438	3,000
Thomasville	12 mi	342	2,361
Denton	14 mi	187	1,996
Salisbury	15 mi	585	3,558
Granite Quarry	16 mi	159	1,180
Archdale	19 mi	106	1,327
High Point	21 mi	521	1,973

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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