Is Lexington safe? United States travel risk
Is Lexington safe right now? Checked 24 October 2026
Lexington scores 43/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Lexington scores 43/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lexington: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 43 is higher than 46% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 38.0423° N, 84.4587° W place Lexington within Kentucky at an elevation of 295 meters. Heading to Washington: 654.8 km E.
Kentucky
38.0423° N, 84.4587° W
295 m
America/New_York
321,122
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Lexington happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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