Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lafayette, CO Crime Grade
How Lafayette grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Colorado — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
4/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lafayette, CO was 284.0 per 100,000 residents (87 incidents over a population of 30,634). That puts Lafayette Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 32% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lafayette (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lafayette vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 310.1(90) | 205.1(64) | 197.8(61) | 275.9(84) | 284.0(87) |
| Murder | 6.9(2) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 86.1(25) | 60.9(19) | 25.9(8) | 65.7(20) | 52.2(16) |
| Robbery | 27.6(8) | 22.4(7) | 16.2(5) | 19.7(6) | 22.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 189.5(55) | 118.6(37) | 155.6(48) | 190.5(58) | 208.9(64) |
| Property crime | 2835.3(823) | 2669.5(833) | 2983.2(920) | 2696.9(821) | 1579.9(484) |
| Burglary | 337.6(98) | 314.1(98) | 463.7(143) | 489.5(149) | 231.8(71) |
| Larceny | 2084.3(605) | 1977.3(617) | 2211.5(682) | 1957.8(596) | 1227.4(376) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 392.7(114) | 368.5(115) | 295.1(91) | 239.8(73) | 117.5(36) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lafayette's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Colorado cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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