2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Lakewood, WA vs Richmond, VA

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- Richmond has 32% less violent crime than Lakewood.
- Richmond has 11% less property crime than Lakewood.
 Lakewood, WARichmond, VAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock24.622.7
 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 Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Lakewood, WashingtonCrime Index
 Elbe, WA 
 Riverpoint, WA 
 Tehaleh, WA 
 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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