2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Iowa City, IA vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette has 40% less violent crime than Iowa City.
- West Lafayette has 38% less property crime than Iowa City.
 Iowa City, IAWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock11.222.7
 Property Crime35.8  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Iowa City, IowaCrime Index
 Frytown, IA9
 Swisher, IA9.25
 Shueyville, IA9.55
 Crawfordsville, IA12.7
 Solon, IA13.3
 Riverside, IA13.4
 Oxford, IA13.7
 Lone Tree, IA14.2
 Tiffin, IA14.4
 Ainsworth, IA14.45

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