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Waite Park, MN vs Rochester, MN

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- Rochester has 34% less violent crime than Waite Park.
- Rochester has 66% less property crime than Waite Park.
 Waite Park, MNRochester, MNUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock1122.7
 Property Crime95.7  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Waite Park    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Waite Park for one year. The one thing that I found really nice was when I didn't have a car for a few months it was still really easy for me to get to  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 6 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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