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Lexington Police Department

City agencyKY0340200NIBRS since 2010LEMAS 2020

Fayette County, Kentucky

Serves ~330,994 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Larceny-theft: victim & offender age · 18,359 victims, 28,100 offenders
Victim sex
Male9,714 (53%)
Female8,608 (47%)
Unknown37 (0%)
Victim race
White13,322 (79%)
Black or African American3,361 (20%)
Asian173 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native52 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander33 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home9,193 (33%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage4,140 (15%)
Department/Discount Store2,916 (11%)
Grocery/Supermarket1,881 (7%)
Specialty Store1,421 (5%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk1,258 (5%)

Top 6 of 43 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Stranger2,737 (48%)
Acquaintance882 (15%)
Otherwise Known367 (6%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)358 (6%)
Relationship Unknown300 (5%)
Friend273 (5%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property2,398 (43%)
Credit Card/Automated Teller Machine Fraud950 (17%)
Motor Vehicle Theft491 (9%)
Counterfeiting/Forgery288 (5%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations235 (4%)
Simple Assault201 (4%)

Top 6 of 28 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
575
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
88
Part-time civilian
68
Total FT employees
663
Population served
324,735
Operating budget
$79,640,136
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2013514107$77,000,000
200753788$49,600,000
1993388141
1990376130
1987357120

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
541
Civilians (2025)
102

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

Lexington Open Data

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