Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, has about 254,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, five city agencies and two campus agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Lafayette Parish. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Lafayette Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lafayette Parish
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lafayette Parish. It reported 1,078 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the parish's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lafayette, 122,280 residents: 3,034 arrests reported for 2025.
- Youngsville, 19,038 residents: 39 arrests reported for 2020.
- Broussard, 15,312 residents: 390 arrests reported for 2025.
- Carencro, 12,883 residents: 257 arrests reported for 2025.
- Scott, 9,468 residents: 265 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Lafayette Parish: the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and South Louisiana Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lafayette Parish
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Lafayette: 3,034 for 2025, 3,090 for 2024, 7,549 for 2020 and 14,482 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,078 for 2025, 1,020 for 2024, 1,133 for 2023, 1,222 for 2022, 813 for 2021 and 1,565 for 2020.
- Broussard: 390 for 2025, 425 for 2024, 373 for 2023, 275 for 2022, 241 for 2021 and 544 for 2020.
- Scott: 265 for 2025, 210 for 2024, 521 for 2020 and 471 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Carencro: 257 for 2025, 491 for 2024 and 1,101 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Youngsville: 39 for 2020 and 76 for 2019.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,024 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 5,024 in 2025 against 5,236 in 2024, down 4 percent.
Through July 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,694 arrests, against 2,595 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lafayette Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Lafayette Parish and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 670 people, down from about 1,920 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 770 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office at lafayettesheriff.com/services/corrections/offender-information (page title: Offender Information | Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office), phone 337-232-9211, 9211 Location 316 West Main Street Lafayette, LA 70501, Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lafayette Parish
For Lafayette Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Lafayette Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lpclerk.com/online-records, phone (337)291-6303).
Louisiana does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Lafayette Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 337-232-9211.
- An arrest in Lafayette, Youngsville, Broussard, Carencro or Scott: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette or South Louisiana Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Lafayette Parish, through the court records page at lpclerk.com/online-records, phone (337)291-6303.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Lafayette Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Lafayette Parish: Lafayette, Youngsville, Broussard, Carencro and Scott. Duson has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for Lafayette Parish.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Lafayette Parish, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Broussard (15,312)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lafayette Parish each year?
Lafayette reported 3,034 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the five agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 5,024 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lafayette Parish?
Ask the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office at 337-232-9211; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lafayettesheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Lafayette Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lafayette Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Lafayette Parish are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Louisiana Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Lafayette Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the answer is due within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Lafayette Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.