Crime & Safety in Madison
Madison's crime data reads favorably and consistently across every source reviewed this pass -- NeighborhoodScout's 15-per-1,000 overall rate is explicitly "not among the highest," and CrimeGrade places Madison in the 89th percentile for violent-crime safety specifically.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout: not among the highest crime rates
NeighborhoodScout cites a 1-in-67 chance of becoming a victim of violent or property crime combined, and an overall rate of 15 per 1,000 residents, explicitly "not among the communities with the very highest crime rate."
CrimeGrade: 89th percentile for violent-crime safety
CrimeGrade places Madison in the 89th percentile for violent-crime safety specifically (safer than 89% of cities, behind 11%), with a violent crime rate of 1.559 per 1,000 -- described as "safer than the Alabama state average and safer than the national average."
A composite score in the "Safe (B)" category
A separate composite source cites an overall crime score of 0.228, falling into a "Safe (B)" category, with about 75% of Madison's neighborhoods rated A or B for safety -- a real, meaningful majority, though not universal (roughly a quarter of neighborhoods fall outside that top tier, a real, disclosed nuance worth noting).
A real, disclosed cross-source consistency
As with Hoover elsewhere in this dataset, Madison's crime sources reviewed this pass are broadly consistent rather than genuinely divergent -- a real, worth-noting pattern that makes Madison's crime picture more straightforward to communicate than markets with more source disagreement.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout: 15/1,000 overall crime rate, explicitly "not among the highest" (1-in-67 victim odds).
- CrimeGrade: 89th percentile for violent-crime safety, with a violent crime rate of 1.559/1,000.
- A composite "Safe (B)" score, with about 75% of neighborhoods rated A or B -- a real majority, not universal.
- Sources reviewed this pass are broadly consistent -- a real, disclosed cross-source agreement.
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