Photo: Public domain · Public domainMadeira Beach records more property crime per head than four in five U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Madeira Beach scores C− (#84 of 128 graded towns in Florida): more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Typical years here bring 2.5 violent crimes plus 22.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.4 plus 17.2 in the rest of Florida. The rate the grade counts dropped 39% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of FL” is every other Florida city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Madeira Beach
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Madeira Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Treasure Island (C+). Redington Beach has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Bay Pines is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Madeira Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Madeira Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Madeira Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 26.4 | 19.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 23.8 | 18.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 17.5 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Madeira Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Madeira Beach’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Madeira Beach per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
74 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
3 violent and 71 property, as reported to the FBI by Madeira Beach’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Madeira Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Madeira Beach had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Florida towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Madeira Beach’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Madeira Beach’s own rate (10.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Madeira Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madeira Beach | C− | 2.5 | 22.6 |
| Redington Beach | — | — | — |
| Bay Pines | — | — | — |
| Treasure Island | C+ | 1.9 | 16.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Redington Beach has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Bay Pines is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madeira Beach | C− | 2.5 | 22.6 |
| Belleair | A | 0.3 | 5.8 |
| Juno Beach | B+ | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Kenneth City | B | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| Indian Rocks Beach | C+ | 1.2 | 17.1 |
| Parker | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Madeira Beach’s population (3,940), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Madeira Beach. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Madeira Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,046 in 2025); our figure for Madeira Beach is 3,940 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Madeira Beach
Is Madeira Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Madeira Beach reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #84 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 2.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Madeira Beach?
2.5 violent and 22.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Madeira Beach safer than Treasure Island?
Treasure Island reports less crime per resident than Madeira Beach: Treasure Island grades C+ for safety and Madeira Beach C−. Treasure Island’s police reported 1.9 violent and 16.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Madeira Beach?
Madeira Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Madeira Beach”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.