Lafayette Parish Crime Statistical Data

Crime Statistics for 2017JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
Manslaughter by Negligence000000000000
Murder and
Non-Negligent Manslaughter
000000010201
FORCIBLE RAPE
Rape by Force221234332221
Attempted Rape110101000000
ROBBERY
Firearm101050013211
Knife or Cutting Instrument100000000000
Other Dangerous Weapon000000030100
Strongarm -
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.
201010001003
ASSAULT
Firearm101151246999552
Knife or Cutting Instrument353244750526
Other Dangerous Weapon10853513588891
Hands, Fists, Feet, etc
- Aggravated
324411105202
Other Assaults - Simple617168507368586965754953
BURGLARY
Forcible Entry24111091311111215181422
Unlawful Entry - No Force1018101614881214121311
Attempted Forcible Entry230021232425
THEFT / LARCENY
Theft / Larceny11179538770851048657759070
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Motor Vehicle Theft1217914141191110877
ARSON
Arson010122100110
TOTALS253229170201211215218223191220195185

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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