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Lafayette Crime Rate Report (California)

Lafayette crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lafayette for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lafayette in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 83.16% and the city property crime rate in Lafayette was lower than the national property crime rate average by 29.37%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lafayette was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 87.25% and the city property crime rate in Lafayette was lower than the property crime rate in California by 39.51%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lafayette Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lafayette Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lafayette Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault5
Arson0
Burglary22
Larceny and Theft244
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery7
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)296
Property Crime275
Violent Crime14
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault10
Arson0
Burglary19
Larceny and Theft233
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery10
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)291
Property Crime270
Violent Crime20

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lafayette Property Crime

Lafayette Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lafayette Crime 2025

Lafayette Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lafayette Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lafayette Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lafayette, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Lafayette crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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