What is the crime rate in Lafayette, LA?

In 2025, the Lafayette Police Department reported 1,385 violent crimes and 4,252 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,131 violent and 3,471 property crimes per 100,000 of the 122,489 residents it serves.

Across Louisiana the rates were 466 and 1,860.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,131
Property per 100,000: 3,471
Violent crimes: 1,385
Property crimes: 4,252

Crime reported by the 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	993	818	5,586	4,603	121,361
2024	1,313	1,081	5,299	4,362	121,471
2025	1,385	1,131	4,252	3,471	122,489

Violent crimes reported went from 993 in 2023 to 1,385 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 5,586 in 2023 to 4,252 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.

Lafayette against Louisiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lafayette	1,131	3,471
Lafayette Parish	727	2,362
Louisiana	466	1,860
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.

Crime reported in places near Lafayette, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lafayette	—	1,131	3,471
Scott	4.6 mi	651	1,649
Broussard	6.4 mi	203	1,818
Carencro	7.4 mi	379	1,596
Rayne	14 mi	72	883
Erath	17 mi	309	515
Church Point	18 mi	400	525

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

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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