2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Lakewood, WA vs Evanston, IL

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- Evanston has 59% less violent crime than Lakewood.
- Evanston has 43% less property crime than Lakewood.
 Lakewood, WAEvanston, ILUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock1522.7
 Property Crime62.9  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 16 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Lakewood, WashingtonCrime Index
 Elbe, WA 
 Riverpoint, WA 
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 Duvall, WA11.2
 Yarrow Point, WA11.45
 Sammamish, WA11.75
 DuPont, WA11.85
 Wilderness Rim, WA12.4
 Raft Island, WA12.4
 Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA12.85

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