2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Cape Girardeau, MO vs Ottumwa, IA

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- Ottumwa has 21% less violent crime than Cape Girardeau.
- Ottumwa has 0% more property crime than Cape Girardeau.
 Cape Girardeau, MOOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock19.922.7
 Property Crime63.1  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 12 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a good mid sized  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 Cape Girardeau, MissouriCrime Index
 New Wells, MO 
 Millersville, MO 
 Unity, IL 
 Shawneetown, MO 
 Burfordville, MO 
 Delta, MO6.1
 Olive Branch, IL17.25
 Allenville, MO18.2
 Sedgewickville, MO18.7
 Gordonville, MO18.9

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