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Lafayette Crime Rate Report (Indiana)

Lafayette crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime increasing 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 higher than the national violent crime rate average by 20.8% and the city property crime rate in Lafayette was higher than the national property crime rate average by 7.85%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lafayette was higher than the violent crime rate in Indiana by 55.6% and the city property crime rate in Lafayette was higher than the property crime rate in Indiana by 57.32%.

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 Assault186
Arson5
Burglary77
Larceny and Theft987
Motor Vehicle Theft128
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape73
Robbery24
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,356
Property Crime1,192
Violent Crime285
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault263
Arson11
Burglary2
Larceny and Theft775
Motor Vehicle Theft152
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape77
Robbery10
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,093
Property Crime929
Violent Crime355

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, Indiana 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 25 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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