Madisonville, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Madisonville:

  • There were 196 total crimes committed in Madisonville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,016.0 total crimes per 100K people in Madisonville.
  • The overall crime rate in Madisonville is -56.29% below the national average.
  • Madisonville ranks #131 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Madisonville ranks #3,784 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 1,016.0 per 100,000 people. That's -56.29% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -50.16% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Madisonville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 196 1,016.0 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 4 20.7 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 9 46.7 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 19 98.5 259.1 369.8
Burglary 50 259.2 344.1 269.8
Larceny 101 523.5 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 26 134.8 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 177 917.5 1,779.5 1,954.4

Madisonville Crime Compared To Kentucky Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kentucky.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Madisonville

19
Violent Crimes
98.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-73.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Madisonville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Madisonville is 98.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,015.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Madisonville each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -73.37% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -61.99% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Madisonville

177
Property Crimes
917.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-53.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 177 property crimes in Madisonville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Madisonville is 917.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 109.0 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 -53.06% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -48.44% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 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 59,839 2,291 3,828.6 3,459.3 369.3
Elizabethtown, KY 32,437 330 1,017.4 894.0 123.3
Henderson, KY 27,503 627 2,279.8 2,036.1 243.6
Mount Vernon, IN 6,380 123 1,927.9 1,661.4 266.5
Princeton, KY 6,191 103 1,663.7 1,502.2 161.5
Greenville, KY 4,424 33 745.9 610.3 135.6
Morganfield, KY 3,202 10 312.3 249.8 62.5
Eddyville, KY 2,323 13 559.6 516.6 43.0
Elkton, KY 2,072 40 1,930.5 1,882.2 48.3

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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