2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Marquette, MI vs Ottumwa, IA

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Highlights
- Ottumwa has 47% more violent crime than Marquette.
- Ottumwa has 65% more property crime than Marquette.
 Marquette, MIOttumwa, IAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock19.922.7
 Property Crime22.3  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Marquette    11 Reviews

I've lived in Michigan most of my life, but traveled extensively throughout the US, so I can compare Marquette to many other cities. I still long to come back no matter  More

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A nice small affordable college town with a fairly accepting, laid back & liberal vibe, and a town with absolutely gorgeous natural surroundings. A town for Americans  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am not a native from here , so I am not biased. If you dream of having a big house for less then 400k this is your place. Very religious not in a bad way , but  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 Marquette, MichiganCrime Index
 West Ishpeming, MI15.8
 Marquette, MI16.4
 Ishpeming, MI17.4
 Palmer, MI18.35
 Negaunee, MI18.5
 Michigamme, MI18.85
 Gwinn, MI19.15
 Trowbridge Park, MI19.2
 Harvey, MI23.6
 Big Bay, MI23.6

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