Madisonville, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Madisonville, KY Summary

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

  • There were 131 total crimes committed in Madisonville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 679.0 total crimes per 100K people in Madisonville.
  • The overall crime rate in Madisonville is -67.96% below the national average.
  • Madisonville ranks #118 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Madisonville ranks #3,055 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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Madisonville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Madisonville is 679.0 per 100,000 people. That's -67.96% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -56.56% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Madisonville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 131 679.0 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.2 6.1 5.0
Robbery 2 10.4 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 51.8 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 17 88.1 213.1 359.0
Burglary 23 119.2 193.6 229.0
Larceny 75 388.7 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 82.9 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 114 590.9 1,349.9 1,760.0

Madisonville Crime Compared To Kentucky Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Madisonville

17
Violent Crimes
88.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-75.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Madisonville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Madisonville is 88.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,134.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Madisonville each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -75.46% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.66% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Madisonville

114
Property Crimes
590.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-66.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 114 property crimes in Madisonville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Madisonville is 590.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 169.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Madisonville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -66.43% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.23% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Madisonville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Owensboro, KY 60,096 1,963 3,266.4 2,917.0 349.4
Elizabethtown, KY 33,522 280 835.3 698.0 137.2
Henderson, KY 27,600 589 2,134.1 1,815.2 318.8
Mount Vernon, IN 6,315 72 1,140.1 807.6 332.5
Princeton, KY 6,173 107 1,733.4 1,717.2 16.2
Greenville, KY 4,339 18 414.8 345.7 69.1
Morganfield, KY 3,107 25 804.6 772.4 32.2

Madisonville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9
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