What is the crime rate in West Lafayette, IN?

In 2025, the West Lafayette Police Department reported 46 violent crimes and 461 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 98 violent and 986 property crimes per 100,000 of the 46,768 residents it serves.

Across Indiana the rates were 300 and 1,249.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 98
Property per 100,000: 986
Violent crimes: 46
Property crimes: 461

Crime reported by the West Lafayette Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	29	64	539	1,192	45,221
2024	42	94	542	1,207	44,906
2025	46	98	461	986	46,768

Violent crimes reported went from 29 in 2023 to 46 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 539 in 2023 to 461 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

West Lafayette against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Lafayette	98	986
Indiana	300	1,249
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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