Crime rates for Morgan, UT

With a crime rate for both violent and property crime combined of 15 per 1,000 residents, the crime rate in Morgan is one of the lower rates in America among communities of all sizes (lower than 62% of America's communities). One's chance of becoming a victim of crime in Morgan is one in 67. Compared to communities within Utah, Morgan's crime rate is lower than nearly 60% of the state's cities and towns.

How does the crime rate in Morgan compare to similar sized city across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Morgan with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Morgan's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate – not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Morgan does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Morgan.

For Morgan, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Morgan than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1268, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Morgan is below average compared to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Morgan than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 70.