Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2018JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000000100200
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force233113310172
Attempted Rape000000010000
ROBBERY
Firearm160121200222
Knife or Cutting Instrument003001000000
Other Dangerous Weapon000100000000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		000000110000
ASSAULT
Firearm4107416979812810
Knife or Cutting Instrument4105631106921
Other Dangerous Weapon5653934216562
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		363311023020
Other Assaults - Simple525565407858686861595445
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry16713191223231316101016
Unlawful Entry - No Force1210137169151111686
Attempted Forcible Entry362222325201
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny5466868289957710965696661
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft10111812121414162251816
ARSON
Arson012012201112
TOTALS166188220180245224221245214183184164

The Louisiana Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is part of a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While the program’s primary objective is to generate a reliable set of criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management, its data have over the years become one the country’s leading social indicators. The American public looks to Uniform Crime Reports for information on fluctuations in the level of crime, while criminologists, sociologists, legislators, municipal planners, the press and other students of criminal justice use the statistics for varied research and planning purposes.

All quoted crime definitions are based on the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook; U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. The definitions are standardized for all law enforcement agencies in order to categorize and compare crimes between jurisdictions.

Crime Definitions

  • Homicide: “…the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human by another.”

  • Rape: “…the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.”

  • Robbery: “…taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.”

  • Assault: “…an unlawful attack by one person upon another.”

  • Burglary: “…the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.”

  • Larceny: “the unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.”

  • Motor Vehicle Theft: “…the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.”

  • Arson: “Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.”

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Note: Numbers included in this website are for the unincorporated parts of Lafayette Parish only. Data displayed on this website is obtained from the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Records Section and the Lafayette Fire Department. All information provided in this report is subject to document inaccuracy and validity and should therefore be utilized with some amount of discretion.

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