Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Madison Township than in 92% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 0.6 violent crime and 2.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. It grades A for safety on crimes Madison Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #20 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio 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 Township
Madison Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Ohio towns on Madison Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Groveport (B), Obetz (B), Columbus (D). Blacklick Estates is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Canal Winchester, Violet Township, Hamilton Township and Truro Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Madison Township has 26,557 jobs based in town for 26,569 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Madison Township’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Madison Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Madison Township’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Madison Township 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Madison Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Madison Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.6 | 22.6 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 21.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
64 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.
13 violent and 51 property, as reported to the FBI by Madison Township’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Madison Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Madison Township had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 9.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).
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 Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Columbus | D | 4.0 | 26.2 |
| Blacklick Estates | — | — | — |
| Canal Winchester | — | — | — |
| Groveport | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Obetz | B | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| Violet Township | — | — | — |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | — |
| Truro Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Blacklick Estates is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Canal Winchester, Violet Township, Hamilton Township and Truro Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Avon Lake | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Troy | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| Pickerington | B | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Xenia | C+ | 2.3 | 15.4 |
| Wooster | C | 2.6 | 20.0 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Madison Township’s population (26,569), 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 Township. 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 Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,633 in 2025); our figure for Madison Township is 26,569 (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 Township
Is Madison Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Madison Township reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #20 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Madison Township?
0.6 violent and 2.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Madison Township in 2025?
Madison Township’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 Township safer than Columbus?
Columbus reports more crime per resident than Madison Township: Columbus grades D for safety and Madison Township A. Columbus’s police reported 4.0 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Madison Township?
Madison Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Madison Township, Franklin County”. 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.