Photo: Carmenshields · CC BY 3.0Madison Heights has no Safety Grade
The surrounding 10 miles hold 2 graded places to compare with. Madison Heights has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Amherst County. The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Madison Heights alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Lynchburg, 6 miles away, at C.
What stands out about safety in Madison Heights
Policed by the county
Madison Heights is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Madison Heights. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Virginia towns with their own police figures are Lynchburg (C, 6 mi), Amherst (B, 10 mi), Bedford (C+, 24 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Madison Heights. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Amherst County without police of their own, which include Madison Heights.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Amherst County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Madison Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Madison Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
11 people died in crashes on Madison Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Madison Heights had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 21.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Virginia towns of 5,000–25,000 people (3.9, 152 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 Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg | C | 3.5 | 17.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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, VA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Madison Heights. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Lynchburg (C, 6 mi), Amherst (B, 10 mi), Bedford (C+, 24 mi).
Who polices Madison Heights?
The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office. Madison Heights is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Amherst County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Madison Heights.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.