Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2007JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		001000100000
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force010002410002
Attempted Rape000000101001
ROBBERY
Firearm304120225112
Knife or Cutting Instrument000000110100
Other Dangerous Weapon000010010021
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		010012012003
ASSAULT
Firearm415623686374
Knife or Cutting Instrument8966684511663
Other Dangerous Weapon1468410125816111212
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		1215118131191341079
Other Assaults - Simple393351706058496347804149
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry221520121725202123162816
Unlawful Entry - No Force121820141422132613191118
Attempted Forcible Entry012103243520
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny8554766069699189901025557
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft112117882613219221822
ARSON
Arson003001353501
TOTALS210175224190203242224269233281190200

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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