Madera, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Madera, CA Summary

Crime in Madera research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Madera over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Madera:

  • There were 1,078 total crimes committed in Madera in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,571.3 total crimes per 100K people in Madera.
  • The overall crime rate in Madera is -25.86% below the national average.
  • Madera ranks #167 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Madera ranks #6,232 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Madera Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Madera is 1,571.3 per 100,000 people. That's -25.86% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -38.73% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Madera
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,078 1,571.3 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 2 2.9 4.5 5.0
Robbery 51 74.3 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 184 268.2 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 270 393.5 486.0 359.0
Burglary 70 102.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 549 800.2 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 189 275.5 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 808 1,177.7 2,078.4 1,760.0

Madera Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Madera

270
Violent Crimes
393.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
9.62%
Above The National Average
  • There were 270 violent crimes in Madera in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Madera is 393.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 254.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Madera each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 9.62% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.03% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Madera

808
Property Crimes
1,177.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.08%
Below The National Average
  • There were 808 property crimes in Madera in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Madera is 1,177.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 84.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Madera each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.08% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -43.34% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Madera

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Chowchilla, CA 19,504 364 1,866.3 1,189.5 676.8
Kerman, CA 17,657 327 1,852.0 1,523.5 328.5

Madera SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
3
Commute
6
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