Lafayette, MN Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Lafayette

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Lafayette_{/100k people}	Minnesota_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	0	n/a (estimate)	3,200 (estimate)	2,376	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Lafayette_{/100k people}	Minnesota_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.8	5.3
Rape	n/a	n/a	n/a	42.5	40.4
Robbery	n/a	n/a	n/a	67.5	102.8
Assault	n/a	n/a	n/a	130.7	248.5
Violent crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	327 (estimate)	243	386
Burglary	n/a	n/a	n/a	337.1	468.9
Theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,638.1	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	158.1	236.9
Property crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	2,872 (estimate)	2,133	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Nicollet, MN	1,040	102	897	1,000
Winthrop, MN	1,296	121	1,063	1,184
Courtland, MN	720	249	2,188	2,437
New Ulm, MN	13,279	286	2,508	2,794
Searles, MN	195	307	2,692	2,998
Gibbon, MN	912	355	3,113	3,468
Gaylord, MN	2,072	537	3,717	4,254
Lafayette, MN	423	327	2,872	3,200

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Lafayette is 13% higher than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 8.77 daily crimes that occur in Lafayette.
Lafayette is safer than 32% of the cities in the United States.
In Lafayette you have a 1 in 32 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Lafayette has decreased by 4%.

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Daily Crime In Lafayette (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Lafayette (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Lafayette

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Lafayette is 1 in 306

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Lafayette is 1 in 35

The chance of being a victim of crime in Lafayette is 1 in 32

Year Over Year Crime In Lafayette (per 100,000 people)

Lafayette police department

Item	Lafayette	Minnesota	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	n/a	7,759	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	n/a	1.8	3.3

Sex offenders in Minnesota

State	Total offenders	Minnesota_/100K	National_/100K
Minnesota	336	7	222

There are a total of 336 sex offenders in Minnesota. This yields a total of 7 sex offenders in Minnesota per 100,000 residents which is 97% less than the national average.

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Rosa, AL	423	711	3,942	4,654
Marquette, IA	423	358	2,568	2,926
Ullin, IL	423	625	2,938	3,563
Fairhaven, MN	423	300	2,635	2,935
Short, OK	423	651	4,316	4,967
Lafayette, MN	423	327	2,872	3,200

Source: The Lafayette, MN crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.