What is the crime rate in Lexington, TN?

In 2025, the Lexington Police Department reported 37 violent crimes and 124 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 459 violent and 1,539 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,059 residents it serves.

Across Tennessee the rates were 499 and 1,662.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 459
Property per 100,000: 1,539
Violent crimes: 37
Property crimes: 124

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	68	855	204	2,566	7,950
2024	33	413	161	2,013	8,000
2025	37	459	124	1,539	8,059

Violent crimes reported went from 68 in 2023 to 37 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 204 in 2023 to 124 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 Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lexington	459	1,539
Henderson County	278	789
Tennessee	499	1,662
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	—	459	1,539
Parsons	14 mi	184	1,195
Henderson	21 mi	274	1,112
Huntingdon	25 mi	66	575
Jackson	26 mi	726	2,644
Medina	26 mi	189	189
Bruceton	28 mi	67	1,338
Milan	28 mi	492	1,787
Adamsville	28 mi	97	917

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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