2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Olympia, WA vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 46% less violent crime than Olympia.
- Rochester has 47% less property crime than Olympia.
 Olympia, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock1122.7
 Property Crime61.2  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Olympia, WashingtonCrime Index
 Rochester, WA19.55
 Rainier, WA22.95
 Tenino, WA25.15
 North Yelm, WA26.3
 Bucoda, WA27.25
 Nisqually Indian Community, WA28.15
 Grand Mound, WA29.8
 Tanglewilde, WA30.45
 Lacey, WA32.85
 Tumwater, WA33.8

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