Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2006JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000000100000
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force301011642121
Attempted Rape000001000100
ROBBERY
Firearm002113220121
Knife or Cutting Instrument000100110100
Other Dangerous Weapon100000010000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		201120110001
ASSAULT
Firearm58314725826102
Knife or Cutting Instrument162339346493
Other Dangerous Weapon412117947109865
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		000000000000
Other Assaults - Simple817682809187767779646873
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry7426753699211
Unlawful Entry - No Force5057118936743
Attempted Forcible Entry232932232222323136342430
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny67536775728910797106998074
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft1411781214138715104
ARSON
Arson011013220012
TOTALS213200216226239248268255262250218210

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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