Photo: Lrgjr72 · CC BY 4.0Violent crime per resident is higher in Madison Heights than in 71% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 26% from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Madison Heights’ police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C for safety: #174 of 266 graded towns in Michigan. Still, in a usual year, 2.9 violent crimes and 15.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Michigan, 5.4 and 17.5.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MI” is every other Michigan 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 Madison Heights
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Michigan towns on Madison Heights’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Royal Oak (B), Troy (B), Hazel Park (C), Warren (C−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Madison Heights has 20,515 jobs based in town for 28,297 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Madison Heights’ 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) 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. Its property rate (15.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Madison Heights property | Rest of Michigan property | Madison Heights violent | Rest of Michigan violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 2.9 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Michigan.
Crime in Madison Heights 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Madison Heights | Rest of Michigan | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Madison Heights’ police reported 244 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
461 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.
84 violent and 377 property, as reported to the FBI by Madison Heights’ police.
Seven people died in crashes on Madison Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Madison Heights had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (4 of 7) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Madison Heights’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Madison Heights’s own rate (4.9) 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.
Madison Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Heights | C | 2.9 | 15.5 |
| Royal Oak | B | 1.4 | 8.2 |
| Troy | B | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Warren | C− | 5.3 | 15.8 |
| Hazel Park | C | 3.0 | 16.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Michigan towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Heights | C | 2.9 | 15.5 |
| Allen Park | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Oak Park | C− | 3.4 | 20.4 |
| Southgate | C− | 4.1 | 18.3 |
| Port Huron | C− | 6.5 | 14.1 |
| Burton | D | 7.6 | 24.5 |
The five graded Michigan towns closest to Madison Heights’ population (28,297), 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 Madison Heights. 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 Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,684 in 2025); our figure for Madison Heights is 28,297 (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 Heights
Is Madison Heights, MI safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Madison Heights reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #174 of 266 in Michigan. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.4 in the rest of Michigan and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Madison Heights?
2.9 violent and 15.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Michigan reports 5.4 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Madison Heights in 2025?
Madison Heights’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Madison Heights safer than Royal Oak?
Royal Oak reports less crime per resident than Madison Heights: Royal Oak grades B for safety and Madison Heights C. Royal Oak’s police reported 1.4 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Madison Heights?
Madison Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Madison Heights”. 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.