Editing Lafayette, Louisiana (section)

=== Public safety ===
The city of Lafayette is primarily served by the [[Lafayette Police Department (Louisiana)|Lafayette Police Department]], though the [[Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office]], [[Lafayette City Marshal (Louisiana)|Lafayette City Marshal]], and [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette Police Department|University of Louisiana Police Department]] maintain jurisdiction throughout the city and surrounding area. Following [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|nationwide COVID-19 trends]] from 2019 to 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mamone|first=Davide|title=Violent crime and homicides increase in Lafayette, following state, national trends|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/article_e151d1c2-218d-11ec-8f9b-8b79d5414fea.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=The Acadiana Advocate|date=October 2021 |publisher=The Advocate|language=en}}</ref> Lafayette has experienced a rise in violent crimes per the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. In 2020, the city experienced 712 violent crimes up from 664 in 2019; according to a professor of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, violent crime was decreasing prior to the pandemic. In 2018 the city experienced 9 homicides, and 17 in 2020; for comparison, there were 195 [[Crime in New Orleans|homicides in New Orleans]] in 2020, and 100 in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Killings, shootings soared in 2020, one of New Orleans' bloodiest years since Katrina|url=https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_ad846f9a-4b7c-11eb-8937-f3b1be3eebaa.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=NOLA.com|date=January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kemker|first=Austin|title=Baton Rouge sees record number of homicides in 2020|url=https://www.wafb.com/2021/01/05/baton-rouge-sees-record-number-homicides/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=WAFB|date=7 January 2021 |publisher=Gray Television|language=en}}</ref> Altogether, Lafayette ranked as the 20th safest city overall in Louisiana, and the safest of Louisiana's four largest municipalities in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Romero|first=Michaela|date=2021-10-01|title=LIST: Safest cities in Louisiana ranked|url=https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/state-news/louisiana/list-safest-cities-in-louisiana-ranked/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=ArkLaTexHomepage|publisher=Nexstar Media|language=en-US}}</ref>