Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Madison, CT Crime Grade
How Madison grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Connecticut — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
2/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Madison, CT was 11.3 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 17,706). That puts Madison 97% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 90% below the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks Madison #73 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #13 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and up 1% over the last five years.
Madison, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 11.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #73 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #13 of 86
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- up 1%
- Population
- 17,706
- Reporting agency
- Madison Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Madison Police Department (FBI ORI CT0007600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Madison, CT
Also known as
- East Guilford
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Madison (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Madison vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 11.2(2) | 17.1(3) | 5.7(1) | 17.2(3) | 11.3(2) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 17.2(3) | 5.6(1) |
| Robbery | 5.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) | 17.1(3) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.6(1) |
| Property crime | 452.8(81) | 489.2(86) | 519.1(91) | 292.1(51) | 152.5(27) |
| Burglary | 16.8(3) | 17.1(3) | 28.5(5) | 11.5(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Larceny | 357.7(64) | 432.3(76) | 399.3(70) | 206.2(36) | 118.6(21) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 72.7(13) | 39.8(7) | 91.3(16) | 74.5(13) | 33.9(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Madison, CT Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Madison Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Madison calculated?
- Madison's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Connecticut state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Connecticut cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Madison Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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