Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Lafayette, IN Crime Grade
How West 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
4/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West Lafayette, IN was 96.2 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 46,768). That puts West Lafayette 70% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 64% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks West Lafayette #1,088 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #26 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 30% over the last five years.
West Lafayette, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Indiana Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 96.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,088 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #26 of 82
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 30%
- Population
- 46,768
- Reporting agency
- West Lafayette Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Lafayette Police Department (FBI ORI IN0790200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West Lafayette, IN
Also known as
- Chauncey
- Kingston
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. West Lafayette (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West 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 | 74.0(39) | 106.9(48) | 64.1(29) | 93.5(42) | 96.2(45) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.7(13) | 33.4(15) | 6.6(3) | 6.7(3) | 25.7(12) |
| Robbery | 7.6(4) | 4.5(2) | 11.1(5) | 4.5(2) | 6.4(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 41.8(22) | 69.1(31) | 46.4(21) | 82.4(37) | 64.1(30) |
| Property crime | 808.7(426) | 1026.9(461) | 1191.9(539) | 1207.0(542) | 985.7(461) |
| Burglary | 39.9(21) | 95.8(43) | 77.4(35) | 62.4(28) | 55.6(26) |
| Larceny | 748.0(394) | 857.6(385) | 1065.9(482) | 1088.9(489) | 902.3(422) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 17.1(9) | 69.1(31) | 46.4(21) | 55.7(25) | 27.8(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West Lafayette, IN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the West Lafayette Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for West Lafayette calculated?
- West Lafayette's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Indiana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Indiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the West Lafayette Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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