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Hastings, NE vs Des Moines, IA

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- Des Moines has 47% more violent crime than Hastings.
- Des Moines has 15% more property crime than Hastings.
 Hastings, NEDes Moines, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock37.122.7
 Property Crime51.7  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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Reviews for Des Moines    53 Reviews

Des Moines is a ok and pretty quiet place but as a teen it could be dramatic because Des Moines do have is fair or violents places to avoid in Des Moines would be the  More

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Over 5 years ago

This city is violent, there are too many gangs especially on the north  More

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Over 6 years ago

Good for the old that like slow pace and cheap buffets. Also good for non-descript mid-westerners that don't like a lot of action. No nightlife or mountains to hike  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Hastings, NebraskaCrime Index
 Roseland, NE10.9
 Juniata, NE11.75
 Kenesaw, NE12.25
 Ayr, NE12.45
 Holstein, NE12.95
 Prosser, NE15.4
 Hastings, NE35.65

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