Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lafayette, LA Crime Grade
How Lafayette grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Louisiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
7/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lafayette, LA was 1129.1 per 100,000 residents (1,383 incidents over a population of 122,489). That puts Lafayette Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 142% above the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lafayette (red), Louisiana (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 | 485.8(617) | 478.8(582) | 818.2(993) | 1069.4(1,299) | 1129.1(1,383) |
| Murder | 18.1(23) | 18.1(22) | 23.1(28) | 9.1(11) | 4.1(5) |
| Rape | 13.4(17) | 14.8(18) | 24.7(30) | 34.6(42) | 35.9(44) |
| Robbery | 89.8(114) | 82.3(100) | 98.1(119) | 69.2(84) | 66.1(81) |
| Aggravated assault | 364.5(463) | 363.6(442) | 672.4(816) | 956.6(1,162) | 1022.9(1,253) |
| Property crime | 3569.8(4,534) | 4387.6(5,333) | 4602.8(5,586) | 4359.1(5,295) | 3456.6(4,234) |
| Burglary | 744.0(945) | 655.7(797) | 1017.6(1,235) | 662.7(805) | 854.8(1,047) |
| Larceny | 2482.5(3,153) | 3371.6(4,098) | 3291.8(3,995) | 3235.3(3,930) | 2295.7(2,812) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 343.3(436) | 360.4(438) | 293.3(356) | 459.4(558) | 302.1(370) |
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 Louisiana 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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