Fort Madison, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fort Madison, IA Summary

Crime in Fort Madison research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Fort Madison 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 Fort Madison:

  • There were 198 total crimes committed in Fort Madison in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,987.2 total crimes per 100K people in Fort Madison.
  • The overall crime rate in Fort Madison is -6.23% below the national average.
  • Fort Madison ranks #123 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Fort Madison ranks #7,190 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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Fort Madison Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fort Madison is 1,987.2 per 100,000 people. That's -6.23% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 29.04% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fort Madison
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 198 1,987.2 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 2 20.1 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 16 160.6 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 28 281.0 243.3 359.0
Burglary 28 281.0 199.1 229.0
Larceny 119 1,194.3 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 230.8 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 170 1,706.1 1,296.8 1,760.0

Fort Madison Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Fort Madison

28
Violent Crimes
281.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-21.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Fort Madison in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fort Madison is 281.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 355.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fort Madison each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -21.72% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 15.52% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fort Madison

170
Property Crimes
1,706.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-3.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 170 property crimes in Fort Madison in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fort Madison is 1,706.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fort Madison each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -3.06% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 31.57% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fort Madison

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Quincy, IL 39,860 384 963.4 469.1 494.2
Burlington, IA 23,444 525 2,239.4 1,825.6 413.8
Macomb, IL 14,798 137 925.8 810.9 114.9
Keokuk, IA 9,392 176 1,873.9 1,586.5 287.5
Fairfield, IA 9,251 58 627.0 486.4 140.5
Monmouth, IL 8,460 147 1,737.6 1,371.2 366.4
Mount Pleasant, IA 8,371 93 1,111.0 1,063.2 47.8
Dallas, NC 6,225 129 2,072.3 1,815.3 257.0
Lewistown, MT 6,210 115 1,851.9 1,207.7 644.1

Fort Madison SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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