The crime rate in West Lafayette is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 21 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in West Lafayette is 1 in 47. Based on FBI crime data, West Lafayette is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Indiana, West Lafayette has a crime rate that is higher than 88% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. Importantly, when you compare West Lafayette to other communities of similar population, then West Lafayette crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how West Lafayette does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when 蘑菇视频 compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how West Lafayette does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in West Lafayette. For West Lafayette, 蘑菇视频 found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in West Lafayette than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1245, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants. 蘑菇视频's analysis also reveals that West Lafayette's rate for property crime is 20 per one thousand population. This makes West Lafayette a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in West Lafayette is one in 49.