Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2012JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence001001000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000010010010
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force301160130212
Attempted Rape000000000001
ROBBERY
Firearm212122030413
Knife or Cutting Instrument010000001000
Other Dangerous Weapon000011100000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		112100312322
ASSAULT
Firearm4074923131012
Knife or Cutting Instrument276742325562
Other Dangerous Weapon774615159611648
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		25811111028294855
Other Assaults - Simple345158717644234265616060
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry341923272727214519172632
Unlawful Entry - No Force7688925131211111512
Attempted Forcible Entry619428732128
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny73656073741177995861058794
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft825111813611891013
ARSON
Arson001113500123
TOTALS183166195226256270202254217243223247

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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