2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Ottawa, IL vs West Lafayette, IN

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- West Lafayette has 7% more violent crime than Ottawa.
- West Lafayette has 34% less property crime than Ottawa.
 Ottawa, ILWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock11.222.7
 Property Crime33.8  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 15 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  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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 Cherry, IL6
 Granville, IL6.55
 Sheridan, IL7.5
 Buda, IL7.95
 Grand Ridge, IL8.7
 North Utica, IL9.4
 Ladd, IL9.45
 Bureau Junction, IL10
 Walnut, IL10.9

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