Is Lafayette safe? United States travel risk
Is Lafayette safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Lafayette scores 34/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Lafayette scores 34/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lafayette: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 34 is higher than 25% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 30.2082° N, 92.0325° W place Lafayette within Louisiana at an elevation of 11 meters. Heading to Washington: 1,677.4 km NE.
Louisiana
30.2082° N, 92.0325° W
11 m
America/Chicago
231,548
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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