Lafayette, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lafayette, TN Summary

Crime in Lafayette research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lafayette over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lafayette:

  • There were 109 total crimes committed in Lafayette in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,840.3 total crimes per 100K people in Lafayette.
  • The overall crime rate in Lafayette is -13.16% below the national average.
  • Lafayette ranks #119 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Lafayette ranks #6,883 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Lafayette Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lafayette is 1,840.3 per 100,000 people. That's -13.16% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -29.88% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lafayette
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 109 1,840.3 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 84.4 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 7 118.2 592.3 359.0
Burglary 4 67.5 251.8 229.0
Larceny 96 1,620.8 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 33.8 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 102 1,722.1 2,032.1 1,760.0

Lafayette Crime Compared To Tennessee Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Tennessee.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Lafayette

7
Violent Crimes
118.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.08%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Lafayette in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lafayette is 118.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 846.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lafayette each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.08% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -80.05% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lafayette

102
Property Crimes
1,722.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-2.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 102 property crimes in Lafayette in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lafayette is 1,722.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lafayette each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -2.15% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.26% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lafayette

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bowling Green, KY 77,503 2,444 3,153.4 2,928.9 224.5
Hendersonville, TN 64,126 537 837.4 714.2 123.2
Smyrna, TN 58,791 1,567 2,665.4 2,386.4 279.0
Gallatin, TN 52,346 501 957.1 748.9 208.2
Lebanon, TN 51,653 712 1,378.4 1,033.8 344.6
Mount Juliet, TN 44,049 495 1,123.7 964.8 158.9
White House, TN 16,177 157 970.5 735.6 234.9
Millersville, TN 6,295 44 699.0 460.7 238.3

Lafayette SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
5
Safety
6
Amenities
7
Education
3
Commute
4
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