Search Lafayette County, LA Inmate Records

Lafayette County, LA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lafayette County holds 0 jails with a total of 162,840 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lafayette County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Lafayette County Quick Facts

898
Lafayette County Population Total
70,947 / 87 / 62
Female Population, Rate & Count
68,306 / 1,135 / 775
Male Population, Rate & Count
$51,462
Median Income
7,132.6
Arrest Rate
548.3
Local Jail Rate
898
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
898
Population Total Confined
311
Pretrial Rate
7,814
Admit Rate
12,796
Admit Count
162,840
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Lafayette County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 41.96% of all the crimes committed in the county - 1,629 Property Crime Total cases. Arson is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.15% out of all the crimes in Lafayette County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

7.96 %
Violent Crime
0.26 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.23 %
Revised Rape
0.80 %
Robbery
6.67 %
Aggravated Assault
41.96 %
Property Crime
9.04 %
Burglary
29.21 %
Larceny Theft
3.71 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.15 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200520062007200820092010201120132015
Violent Crime Total240271428363396339336368330
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter514113435
Revised Rape0000000030
Legacy Rape22241421291519260
Robbery332941625540415754
Aggravated Assault180217369279311281272282241
Property Crime Total1,4811,5861,5531,4651,6661,5931,5041,8841,732
Burglary442477459382426431418504380
Larceny Theft8799868988841,1191,0551,0211,2081,183
Motor Vehicle Theft16012319619912110765172169
Arson1513221417021147

Lafayette County Jail Demographics

The county has 239,429 people confined with a jail population density of 609 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 82,969 women and 79,871 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 202,053
2006 209,424
2007 211,826
2008 215,139
2009 219,466
2010 222,152
2011 224,257
2012 227,055
2013 231,310
2014 235,644
2015 239,429

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 68,306 70,947
2006 70,865 73,934
2007 71,933 74,715
2008 73,070 75,978
2009 74,786 77,355
2010 75,807 78,193
2011 76,337 79,255
2012 77,113 79,821
2013 78,442 81,050
2014 79,856 82,124
2015 79,871 82,969

A Timeline of Lafayette County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,135 87
2006 1,223 137
2007 1,380 165
2008 1,285 183
2009 1,285 154
2010 1,111 124
2011 1,288 126
2012 1,148 115
2013 1,005 102
2014 1,304 155
2015 854 122

Lafayette County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

45.96 %
White
17.78 %
Black
3.11 %
Latino
0.24 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 7,133 and a local jail rate of 548 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 311 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 7,814, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,586 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

7,814
Admit Rate
548
Local Jail Rate
311
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Lafayette is 898 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 720 imprisonments a day.

Lafayette County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 517
2006 604
2007 658
2008 715
2009 697
2010 605
2011 691
2012 609
2013 517
2014 543
2015 548

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,586 364
2006 8,390 353
2007 8,622 408
2008 8,816 404
2009 7,197 383
2010 7,110 426
2011 8,010 397
2012 7,570 376
2013 7,084 353
2014 6,824 362
2015 7,814 311

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 720
2006 874
2007 965
2008 1,065
2009 1,060
2010 931
2011 1,075
2012 955
2013 825
2014 879
2015 898