2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Rochester, MN vs Topeka, KS

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- Topeka has 69% more violent crime than Rochester.
- Topeka has 55% more property crime than Rochester.
 Rochester, MNTopeka, KSUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock35.422.7
 Property Crime32.3  Unlock35.4

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

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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Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Rochester, MinnesotaCrime Index
 Marion, MN 
 High Forest, MN 
 Ostrander, MN5
 Rushford, MN6
 Oronoco, MN8.55
 Fountain, MN9.2
 Plainview, MN9.6
 Preston, MN9.6
 Rushford Village, MN9.95
 Dover, MN10.2

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