2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Ottumwa, IA vs Santa Paula, CA

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- Santa Paula has 13% more violent crime than Ottumwa.
- Santa Paula has 63% less property crime than Ottumwa.
 Ottumwa, IASanta Paula, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock22.822.7
 Property Crime63.2  Unlock35.4

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

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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Reviews for Santa Paula    6 Reviews

Moved from Ventura CA to Fillmore CA for better housing affordability. Then we needed to upgrade and moved to Santa Paula. That was a compromise from a small town  More

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We have lived in Santa Paula for five years. After living in LA, we found the charming neighborhoods, low crime, friendly people, and idyllic climate (except for those 3  More

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Over 19 years ago

According to studies conducted by the County of Ventura, 60% of homes in Santa Paula have more people living in them than they were designed to contain. 60%! This is  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Ottumwa, IowaCrime Index
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 Pulaski, IA13.05
 Bloomfield, IA13.3
 Agency, IA15
 Drakesville, IA15.35
 Eddyville, IA16.3
 Floris, IA17.75
 Eldon, IA18.35
 Chillicothe, IA19.3
 Blakesburg, IA20.1

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