Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2008JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000010000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000000000000
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force001531012214
Attempted Rape010000000000
ROBBERY
Firearm110314007163
Knife or Cutting Instrument000010001010
Other Dangerous Weapon101102210111
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		233041123011
ASSAULT
Firearm236212214910552
Knife or Cutting Instrument886345499731
Other Dangerous Weapon33651213477366
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		7512131555278
Other Assaults - Simple593665687768596765534741
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry151327172121221524181522
Unlawful Entry - No Force10111313610159138910
Attempted Forcible Entry140201134432
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny5057679477917275621067558
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft142016132018201320211410
ARSON
Arson011110210232
TOTALS173166224228243238221217232233197171

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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