Fort Morgan, CO is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fort Morgan, CO shows violent crime at 285.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,979.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
285.3/100K violent
1979.8/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fort Morgan, CO
Comparable rate records
Fort Morgan's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Colorado cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Fort Morgan's 285.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Arvada (285.6), Keenesburg (287.5), Parachute (295.2), Thornton (273.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 531.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 285.3 in 2024 (-46.4%). The highest observed value was 560.8 in 2021 and the lowest 285.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Fort Morgan sits mid-pack among comparable Colorado cities
At 285.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fort Morgan ranks 54 of 134 — above 80 of the 133 other Colorado cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +46.4% against the cohort median of 194.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Fort Morgan's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Fort Morgan's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.3 Census sq mi, Fort Morgan logged 42.8 property and 6.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Fort Morgan's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 262 offenses; mix index 5,579).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-32.2%
420.9 → 285.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-21.1%
2507.7 → 1979.8/100K
Property offenses lead Fort Morgan's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CO
Property Crime
229
1979.8
2640.7
Larceny-Theft
192
1659.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
164.3
-
Burglary
18
155.6
-
Arson
6
51.9
-
Violent Crime
33
285.3
481.2
Aggravated Assault
26
224.8
-
Rape
6
51.9
-
Robbery
1
8.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Fort Morgan Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Fort Morgan property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Fort Morgan Police Department
Reporting agency for Fort Morgan NIBRS-participating
Fort Morgan Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Fort Morgan's 262 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Colorado
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Colorado cities closest to Fort Morgan in population. Their populations run from 9,906 to 12,806, against 11,567 here. Or use our
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Fort Morgan at 285.3/100K violent and 1,979.8/100K property - matched below outside Colorado (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Fort Morgan reported 33 violent crimes and 229 property crimes, for a total of 262 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Fort Morgan?
From 2023 to 2024, Fort Morgan's violent crime rate decreased by 32.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.1%.
What is the most common crime in Fort Morgan?
The most common crime type in Fort Morgan is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.3% of all reported crimes (192 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Fort Morgan figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Fort Morgan, CO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.