Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2013JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence010000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter		000000001010
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force040404002215
Attempted Rape001011001000
ROBBERY
Firearm318530186112
Knife or Cutting Instrument020000001100
Other Dangerous Weapon101100000000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.		020200012013
ASSAULT
Firearm2356278231148
Knife or Cutting Instrument1365251272860
Other Dangerous Weapon53983913799105
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated		11528118746345
Other Assaults - Simple744949455662775254575043
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry193834392337302417171936
Unlawful Entry - No Force17911891413151481012
Attempted Forcible Entry343022142532
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny8984767611488102137112106112112
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft9157141016131615211421
ARSON
Arson231200111110
TOTALS236226213223236253278278248250237254

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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