Why this page exists
Lexington publishes a meaningful amount of crime information across several different city pages and datasets. The drawback is that those resources are spread across multiple subdomains and formats — some are PDFs, some are dashboards, some are interactive maps. This page is a plain-English index pointing you to the canonical sources, so you can read the data straight from the city rather than through a secondhand summary. For a continuously updated, mapped view of recent incidents, the SpotCrime map of Lexington draws from the same official sources and adds incident-level geocoding.
Official sources
Lexington Police Department — Crime Data
The LPD's primary public crime data page. Covers monthly and annual incident totals, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) submissions, and historical comparisons. The Department publishes both citywide rollups and sector-level breakdowns; if you're looking for "how did this year compare to last year," this is the starting point.
Visit the LPD crime data page →Homicide Investigations Unit
The LPD Bureau of Investigation Homicide Unit publishes information about active and unsolved homicide investigations, contact channels for tips, and case background where the Department can share it. This is the right page to consult for context on a specific case, or to submit information.
Read our overview → · Visit the LPD homicide page →Lexington Open Data Portal
The City of Lexington's open-data site (data.lexingtonky.gov) hosts the underlying datasets behind many of the dashboards — including a downloadable Police Calls for Service dataset and call categorization tables. This is the right source if you want raw rows for your own analysis or want to feed a downstream system.
Browse the open data portal →Bluegrass Crime Stoppers
A nonprofit tip line covering Fayette and surrounding counties. Bluegrass Crime Stoppers maintains a Most Wanted list and accepts anonymous tips that can earn cash rewards for information leading to an arrest. Useful when you have information you want to share without going on record.
See the Most Wanted list →How to read the data
- UCR vs NIBRS. The LPD reports both Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) summary statistics and incident-level NIBRS records. UCR rolls up to broad categories. NIBRS captures detail per offense within an incident. National year-over-year comparisons can shift depending on which standard you use.
- Calls for service ≠ confirmed crimes. Police Calls for Service include any dispatched call — many are not criminal incidents. Don't equate call counts with crime counts.
- Reporting delay. Incident counts for the current month are typically incomplete for two to four weeks as records work through the LPD's reporting pipeline.
- Geocoding accuracy. City data often publishes location at the block or intersection level rather than exact street address — by design, to protect victim privacy. Don't infer hyperlocal patterns from a small number of points.
Live map of recent incidents
For a continuously updated map of incidents in Lexington and the surrounding region, sourced from the same official channels and others:
Open the Lexington crime map →