2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Apex, NC vs Lake Forest, CA

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- Lake Forest has 23% more violent crime than Apex.
- Lake Forest has 17% less property crime than Apex.
 Apex, NCLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock13.322.7
 Property Crime20.9  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Apex    11 Reviews

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

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Over 11 years ago

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

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Over 14 years ago

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Apex, North CarolinaCrime Index
 Holly Springs, NC12.85
 Cary, NC14.35
 Apex, NC15.6
 Morrisville, NC17.95
 Rolesville, NC19.65
 Wilson's Mills, NC19.85
 Pine Level, NC20.75
 Wake Forest, NC20.95
 Wendell, NC22.55
 Clayton, NC23.15

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