Lafayette, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lafayette, LA Summary

Crime in Lafayette research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lafayette over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lafayette:

  • There were 5,915 total crimes committed in Lafayette the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,866.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lafayette.
  • The overall crime rate in Lafayette is 109.38% above the national average.
  • Lafayette ranks #90 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Lafayette ranks #9,368 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Lafayette Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lafayette is 4,866.5 per 100,000 people. That's 109.38% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 38.10% higher than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lafayette
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 5,915 4,866.5 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 22 18.1 15.8 6.3
Robbery 100 82.3 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 442 363.6 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 582 478.8 639.4 369.8
Burglary 797 655.7 510.1 269.8
Larceny 4,098 3,371.6 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 438 360.4 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 5,333 4,387.6 2,884.4 1,954.4

Lafayette Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Louisiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Lafayette

582
Violent Crimes
478.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
29.48%
Above The National Average
  • There were 582 violent crimes in Lafayette in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lafayette is 478.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 208.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lafayette each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 29.48% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -25.12% lower than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lafayette

5,333
Property Crimes
4,387.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
124.50%
Above The National Average
  • There were 5,333 property crimes in Lafayette in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lafayette is 4,387.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 22.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lafayette each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 124.50% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 52.12% higher than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lafayette

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Youngsville, LA 15,654 285 1,820.6 1,584.3 236.4
Broussard, LA 14,103 362 2,566.8 2,261.9 304.9
Abbeville, LA 10,968 319 2,908.5 2,133.5 775.0
Carencro, LA 9,387 236 2,514.1 2,098.6 415.5
Scott, LA 8,696 262 3,012.9 2,920.9 92.0
Breaux Bridge, LA 8,149 396 4,859.5 4,049.6 809.9
Rayne, LA 7,100 65 915.5 873.2 42.3

Lafayette SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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