Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2009JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		010000000000
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force002221546601
Attempted Rape000000000000
ROBBERY
Firearm200044131723
Knife or Cutting Instrument500000001010
Other Dangerous Weapon000000000000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		102063012132
ASSAULT
Firearm435558885358
Knife or Cutting Instrument18887661265154
Other Dangerous Weapon6746109151414353
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		4646104823681
Other Assaults - Simple556472687269676088506963
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry11815171924242919141616
Unlawful Entry - No Force14121314142317266121011
Attempted Forcible Entry215523548043
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny8063888683781261441121168459
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft13512111014715106711
ARSON
Arson022134100201
TOTALS198180232229247250290322281231229186

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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