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Is Lafayette as riddled with violent crime like Baton Rouge and NOLA?

Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:34 pm
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:34 pm
I don’t really hear much about Lafayette so I’m curious to hear from those who live there. Every city has crime issues but is it as bad there as in BR and NOLA?
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:35 pm to
NOLA is #1 in the nation for murder.

No other city will come close to it either.
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:36 pm to
BR says hold my purple drank
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:36 pm to
Not yet
Posted by Kankles
Member since Dec 2012
6058 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:37 pm to
Republican mayor with slight drinking problem, so no.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32705 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

BR says hold my purple drank


Not even close. It just seems like it because Breauxsif/ Pirate Karen just make multiple threads on the OT every time any crime is reported in the metro area.

Baltimore and Detroit might be the only ones that can even come close to challenging New Orleans for the title.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:40 pm to
quote:

make multiple threads on the OT every time any crime is reported in the metro area.
the problem is all of the unreported crime
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:42 pm to
BR is one of the top 10 most violent cities in the US per capita. It was probably top 5 last year.
Posted by Johnnie10lb
Ville Platte
Member since Nov 2014
316 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:42 pm to
Not quite. Different type of leadership in Lafayette. If they elect the same type of mayor, they will get the same results.
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:44 pm to
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If they elect the same type of mayor, they will get the same results.


Ain’t happening.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:46 pm to
quote:

I don’t really hear much about Lafayette


Because no one cares
Posted by Picayuner
Member since Dec 2016
3679 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:48 pm to
Won’t be long. Lafayette politicians are very woke. I can see it coming once the demographics catch up. It’ll be the entire south
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:49 pm to
Since you asked...

Crime in Lafayette, Louisiana
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Lafayette violent crime is 38.0. (The US average is 22.7)
Lafayette property crime is 72.9. (The US average is 35.4)

LINK
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:51 pm to
It just seems low in comparison to the other larger markets in LA.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
36473 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:53 pm to


This post was edited on 9/22/22 at 12:01 am
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
52009 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:54 pm to
BR was 70% Caucasian 45 years ago or so.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 2:57 pm to
quote:

he other larger markets in LA.


There's only 2
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
74631 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 3:00 pm to
All of Louisiana and most of the south has increased crime. It isn't just concentrated in the few metro areas.
Posted by Mufassa
Member since Aug 2012
1711 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 3:00 pm to
You wouldn’t like Lafayette. Please don’t go there
Posted by ItzMe1972
Member since Dec 2013
11564 posts
Posted on 9/18/22 at 3:02 pm to
Not Chet.
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