2025 Compare Cities Crime:
East Lansing, MI vs Des Plaines, IL

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- Des Plaines has 8% less violent crime than East Lansing.
- Des Plaines has 15% less property crime than East Lansing.
 East Lansing, MIDes Plaines, ILUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock10.922.7
 Property Crime24.7  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Des Plaines    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

low  More

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Over 16 years ago

The historic center of des plaines is also downtown. Fairly easy commute to Chicago. The metra is right there. Also there is the Des Plaines public library with a great  More

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Over 18 years ago

Changing of the seasons is good. But it's too cold for too  More

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 Bellevue, MI8.65
 Williamston, MI10.75
 DeWitt, MI11.55
 Olivet, MI12.25
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