According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in LaFayette is 4,687.9 per 100,000 people. That's 89.28% higher than the national rate of 2,476.7 per 100,000 people and 72.57% higher than the Georgia total crime rate of 2,716.5 per 100,000 people.
Note: Because the rates of crime are so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.
| Statistic | Count Raw |
LaFayette / 100k People |
Georgia / 100k People |
National / 100k People |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Crimes Per 100K | 338 | 4,687.9 | 2,716.5 | 2,476.7 |
| Murder | 0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 5.0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 81.6 |
| Aggravated Assault | 11 | 152.6 | 232.0 | 250.2 |
| Violent Crime | 11 | 152.6 | 340.7 | 366.7 |
| Burglary | 23 | 319.0 | 372.1 | 340.5 |
| Larceny | 299 | 4,147.0 | 1,779.8 | 1,549.5 |
| Car Theft | 5 | 69.3 | 223.9 | 219.9 |
| Property Crime | 327 | 4,535.4 | 2,375.8 | 2,109.9 |
| City | Population | Count Raw |
Total Crime / 100k People |
Property Crime / 100k People |
Violent Crime / 100k People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton, GA | 33,831 | 1,080 | 3,192.3 | 2,917.4 | 274.9 |
| Soddy-Daisy, TN | 13,818 | 372 | 2,692.1 | 2,453.3 | 238.8 |
| Collegedale, TN | 11,929 | 232 | 1,944.8 | 1,861.0 | 83.8 |
| Cedartown, GA | 9,959 | 546 | 5,482.5 | 4,890.0 | 592.4 |
| Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 9,912 | 574 | 5,791.0 | 5,437.9 | 353.1 |
| Signal Mountain, TN | 8,605 | 43 | 499.7 | 453.2 | 46.5 |
| Summerville, GA | 4,275 | 44 | 1,029.2 | 1,029.2 | 0.0 |
| Ringgold, GA | 3,600 | 193 | 5,361.1 | 4,583.3 | 777.8 |
| Chickamauga, GA | 3,149 | 59 | 1,873.6 | 1,651.3 | 222.3 |
| Trenton, GA | 2,224 | 61 | 2,742.8 | 2,473.0 | 269.8 |