2024 Compare Cities Crime:
Hastings, NE vs Ottumwa, IA

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- Ottumwa has 2% more violent crime than Hastings.
- Ottumwa has 18% more property crime than Hastings.
 Hastings, NEOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime19.619.922.7
 Property Crime51.763.235.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Ottumwa has a seemingly high rate of theft-related crimes as well as drug use which I'm sure correlates to the incidences of assault. For a community of 20-30,000, the  More

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Over 15 years ago

ottumwa, Iowa has no diverse culture. It is not very open especially when it comes to branching out to new ideas of others culture...The idea of culture here is the pro  More

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Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living and housing 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Very poor school system 3. Economically depressed 4.  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Hastings, NebraskaCrime Index
 Roseland, NE10.9
 Juniata, NE11.75
 Kenesaw, NE12.25
 Ayr, NE12.45
 Holstein, NE12.95
 Prosser, NE15.4
 Hastings, NE35.65

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