Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2016JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter
200112101002
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force100010213001
Attempted Rape000000200000
ROBBERY
Firearm210203221110
Knife or Cutting Instrument000100000120
Other Dangerous Weapon000101000000
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.
111101001202
ASSAULT
Firearm181148361146556
Knife or Cutting Instrument511545528479
Other Dangerous Weapon37851065105678
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated
401645301372
Other Assaults - Simple607573739263785877695268
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry291624181018101411161421
Unlawful Entry - No Force8371512815135141011
Attempted Forcible Entry040137441212
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny90107829293106100114761018390
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft10913161577141219139
ARSON
Arson000212010000
TOTALS233235214247249240235247208243202231

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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