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Lafayette Police report 2024 activity: calls up 30%, traffic citations up 47%; overall crime below state average
Summary
Police Chief Jamie Williams presented the department's 2024 annual report on June 23: calls for service rose 30%, traffic citations rose 47%, the city recorded 15,609 calls for service and year-over-year crime remains below California averages; the department highlighted a June arrest after a CVS robbery and ongoing e-bike enforcement efforts.
Chief Jamie Williams presented the Lafayette Police Department's 2024 annual report during the June 23 meeting, summarizing calls for service, crime statistics and enforcement priorities.
Williams reported a 30% increase in calls for service and a 47% increase in traffic citations year over year; total calls for 2024 were 15,609. The department noted that overall crime remained below pre-pandemic averages and below statewide rates used in Uniform Crime Reporting comparisons. The chief said Lafayette's UCR violent-crime rate in the cited period was far below recent California averages.
Chief Williams reviewed selected 2024 figures: 10 robberies, 10 assaults recorded under the UCR categories highlighted, 61 burglaries and 228 larcenies. Traffic data for 2024 included 41 reported hit-and-runs, 57 property collisions and 27 injury collisions.
The presentation highlighted a June 17 robbery at a local CVS. After an initial investigation identified a suspect's license-plate number, San Francisco Police located and stopped the vehicle and Lafayette officers took the driver into custody. Williams described it as "great teamwork by our Lafayette PD and by the San Francisco Police Department."
Chief Williams outlined enforcement priorities for 2025 including continued proactive policing, increased e-bike education and enforcement, disaster preparedness and interagency collaboration. He also invited the public to the parking-enforcement officer's retirement event and described community outreach programs such as National Night Out and Citizens Academy.
