Lafayette County Crime Statistics Louisiana

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Lafayette County Crime Statistics Louisiana state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,060 crimes in Lafayette County, Louisiana. With a population of 204,070, there was 1 crime for every 18.5 people in the county. Out of the 11,060 crimes reported, 9,292 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,768 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	20	9.80
Rape	87	42.63
Robbery	379	185.72
Assault	1,282	628.22
Burglary	2,014	986.92
Larceny	6,490	3180.28
Vehicle	783	383.69
Arson	5	2.5

The 2007 crime rate was 5,419.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A 0.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,386.8 incidents). There were 866.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 20.7% change (from 782.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 7.8% from (4,604.2) the previous year to 4,553.3 per 100,000 people.

Lafayette County ranks #51 for violent crimes and #55 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,771 and #2,751 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	11	5.9	100	53.4	274	146.4	1,080	576.9
2005	13	6.6	116	59.1	183	93.3	951	484.9
2004	7	3.6	115	58.8	198	101.3	986	504.5
2003	9	4.6	125	64.5	210	108.3	950	490.1
2002	5	2.6	100	52.3	197	102.9	989	516.8
2001	8	4.2	93	48.8	214	112.3	973	510.4
2000	4	2.1	111	58.2	213	111.6	869	455.5
1999	14	7.5	73	39.1	243	130.1	846	453.0
1998	12	6.5	90	48.7	302	163.4	819	443.1
1997	20	11.2	115	64.6	295	165.6	872	489.6
1996	10	5.6	103	57.8	283	158.9	734	412.2
1995	8	4.5	85	47.8	310	174.5	886	498.6
1994	11	6.4	96	55.6	364	210.7	810	468.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,870	998.9	6,070	3242.6	676	361.1	3	1.6
2005	1,760	897.4	5,941	3029.3	609	310.5	4	2.0
2004	1,980	1013.2	6,814	3486.7	565	289.1	4	2.0
2003	1,884	972.0	6,232	3215.3	642	331.2	4	2.1
2002	1,955	1021.6	6,662	3481.1	643	336.0	4	2.1
2001	1,852	971.5	6,580	3451.5	620	325.2	4	2.1
2000	1,875	982.8	6,855	3593.0	717	375.8	3	1.6
1999	2,154	1153.3	7,104	3803.8	812	434.8	3	1.6
1998	2,169	1173.6	7,022	3799.4	840	454.5	4	2.2
1997	2,217	1244.8	6,756	3793.4	733	411.6	5	2.8
1996	2,042	1146.8	7,065	3967.8	764	429.1	5	2.8
1995	2,143	1206.0	7,955	4476.8	738	415.3	3	1.7
1994	2,313	1338.9	7,238	4189.8	318	184.1	5	2.9

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population