2025 Compare Cities Crime:
East Lansing, MI vs Ottumwa, IA

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- Ottumwa has 40% more violent crime than East Lansing.
- Ottumwa has 61% more property crime than East Lansing.
 East Lansing, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock19.922.7
 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 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 East Lansing, MichiganCrime Index
 Eureka CDP (Clinton County), MI 
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 Elsie, MI7.45
 Bellevue, MI8.65
 Williamston, MI10.75
 DeWitt, MI11.55
 Olivet, MI12.25
 Potterville, MI12.7
 Wacousta, MI13.55
 Ovid, MI13.6

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