Crime & Safety in Lexington
Lexington's crime data is the most favorable among the four SC markets built in this wave, and meaningfully safer than Columbia itself: an overall crime rate cited 46% below the national average, with an A- safety grade and a 1-in-405 chance of violent-crime victimization.
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Learn moreA real, meaningfully safer profile than the other three SC markets in this wave
Lexington's overall crime rate was cited as 46% BELOW the national average, with an overall safety grade of A- -- a genuinely different, safer profile than the D+ grades cited for Sumter and Florence elsewhere in this dataset, and than Columbia's own D+ grade documented in columbia-sc.js. This is disclosed as a real, positive differentiator, not downplayed or treated as unremarkable.
Low violent-crime victimization odds
Lexington's chance of violent-crime victimization was cited at 1-in-405 -- a real, meaningfully lower-risk figure than the 1-in-114 odds cited for Sumter or comparable figures elsewhere in this dataset.
No specific neighborhood named -- check a specific address directly
Per site policy, no specific Lexington neighborhood is named as unsafe in this file, even though Lexington's overall profile reads favorably. Crime concentration still varies by specific area within any town; readers should check block-level data directly with more than one source for a specific address under consideration.
Key takeaways
- Lexington's overall crime rate (46% below national average, A- safety grade) is the most favorable among the four SC markets in this wave -- meaningfully safer than Columbia, Sumter, or Florence.
- Violent-crime victimization odds were cited at 1-in-405 -- a real, meaningfully lower-risk figure than comparable citations elsewhere in this dataset.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe per site policy -- check block-level data directly with more than one source for a specific address.
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