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Safety in Madison · Not graded

Crime reported in Madison, GA

Madison’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
10
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
95
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
17 mi
Greensboro (C+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (17.9)Violent crime (1.9)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Madison1.9
Rest of GA3.5
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Madison17.9
Rest of GA18.0
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Madison’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Georgia. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearMadisonRest of GeorgiaMadisonRest of Georgia
202220.024.72.04.9
2023not reported25.4not reported4.4
202421.921.51.43.8
202517.918.01.93.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

105 crimes reported in 2025

10 violent and 95 property, as reported to the FBI by Madison’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft74
Burglary9
Vehicle theft12
Aggravated assault9
Robbery1
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
10
violent crimes
95
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Georgia towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
GreensboroC+17 mi2.311.7
EatontonC+18 mi1.913.5
MonroeC21 mi3.418.2
CovingtonD21 mi5.335.9
OxfordA+23 mi0.03.2
AthensC−27 mi4.022.6

Straight-line distance from the center of Madison. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Madison.

On the roads

Four people died in crashes on Madison’s roads in 2019–2023

Madison had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is about what is typical for Georgia towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Madison’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Madison’s own rate (16.4) is context, not a ranking.

4
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
16.4
per 100,000 a year · Georgia towns of 2,500–5,000: 10.9

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.

Next door

Madison and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Madison
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Madison. 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 Madison’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,321 in 2025); our figure for Madison is 5,179 (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 Madison

Is Madison, GA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Madison. Madison’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Georgia towns with a grade are Greensboro (C+, 17 mi), Eatonton (C+, 18 mi), Monroe (C, 21 mi).

Who polices Madison?

Madison’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Madison”. 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.