Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2005JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000010010012
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force411211221110
Attempted Rape000000001100
ROBBERY
Firearm421011161110
Knife or Cutting Instrument000000000002
Other Dangerous Weapon000000000000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		111030000123
ASSAULT
Firearm113132123422
Knife or Cutting Instrument2345114646316
Other Dangerous Weapon7649101814471067
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		100000000000
Other Assaults - Simple668279769778898782787774
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry746551552623
Unlawful Entry - No Force614555279225
Attempted Forcible Entry301925352631252543282131
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny666580878986737552647470
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft1191710151561117131314
ARSON
Arson202112212002
TOTALS208194227236268244226230226212203221

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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