2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Boone, IA vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa has 5% less violent crime than Boone.
- Ottumwa has 60% more property crime than Boone.
 Boone, IAOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock19.922.7
 Property Crime25.5  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Boone    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

As long as you grew up here, or have a relative who did, you will do just fine. Outsiders...they don't want them! Other than a railroad employee, or two, in 5 years, I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Lived there 5 years; other than a few railroad employees, everyone I ran into was related to someone in the community. Most are either resistant to change, or have a  More

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Reviews for Ottumwa    5 Reviews

Over 12 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 16 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 17 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 Boone, IowaCrime Index
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 Fraser, IA12.7
 Beaver, IA15.8
 Madrid, IA16.1
 Boxholm, IA16.85
 Pilot Mound, IA17.05
 Ogden, IA18.3
 Berkley, IA20.85
 Boone, IA23.25

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