Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lafayette, IN Crime Grade
How Lafayette grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Indiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
8/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lafayette, IN was 390.2 per 100,000 residents (281 incidents over a population of 72,009). That puts Lafayette Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 45% above the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lafayette (red), Indiana (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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 594.1(428) | 605.4(429) | 510.2(366) | 589.9(421) | 390.2(281) |
| Murder | 8.3(6) | 8.5(6) | 9.8(7) | 7.0(5) | 2.8(2) |
| Rape | 48.6(35) | 100.2(71) | 87.8(63) | 130.3(93) | 97.2(70) |
| Robbery | 84.7(61) | 55.0(39) | 46.0(33) | 44.8(32) | 33.3(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 452.5(326) | 441.7(313) | 366.6(263) | 407.7(291) | 256.9(185) |
| Property crime | 3067.7(2,210) | 2228.3(1,579) | 2163.5(1,552) | 2058.2(1,469) | 1663.7(1,198) |
| Burglary | 588.6(424) | 321.8(228) | 270.4(194) | 152.7(109) | 106.9(77) |
| Larceny | 2243.2(1,616) | 1587.6(1,125) | 1631.0(1,170) | 1649.1(1,177) | 1370.7(987) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 219.3(158) | 293.5(208) | 245.3(176) | 248.0(177) | 179.1(129) |
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 Indiana 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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