2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Bloomington, IL vs Merrillville, IN

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- Merrillville has 54% less violent crime than Bloomington.
- Merrillville has 41% more property crime than Bloomington.
 Bloomington, ILMerrillville, INUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock13.422.7
 Property Crime30.2  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 11 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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 Stanford, IL10.35
 Gridley, IL10.75
 Twin Grove, IL10.75
 Chenoa, IL11.1
 Hudson, IL11.3
 Downs, IL13.4
 Waynesville, IL13.95

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