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Madison, WI · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Madison

Madison ranks #33 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 76 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 76th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Wisconsin.

safety score
76
Very Fun
National rank
#33 of 134
In Wisconsin
#1 of 2
Percentile
76th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Madison sits 26 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Madison

  1. T#31 North Las Vegas, NV 77
  2. T#31 Park City, UT 77
  3. #33 Madison, WI — this page 76
  4. #34 Fort Wayne, IN 75
  5. T#35 Bismarck, ND 74

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Madison

Madison scores 97 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: