Morris, OK is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Morris, OK shows violent crime at 301.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 754.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
301.7/100K violent
754.1/100K property
-14% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Morris, OK
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 70.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 301.7 in 2024 (+326.5%). The highest observed value was 301.7 in 2024 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Morris reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,326. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Morris's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Oklahoma cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Morris's 301.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North Enid (302.4), Tonkawa (300.8), Sterling (299.4), Grove (296.9). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 28.6% of the 14 Part I offenses reported in Morris for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable Oklahoma cities — a gap of 13.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 40.0% of reported property offenses in Morris, against a cohort median of 66.1%. The remainder is burglary (5) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Morris sits mid-pack among comparable Oklahoma cities
At 301.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Morris ranks 98 of 300 — above 202 of the 299 other Oklahoma cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +42.0% against the cohort median of 212.4. 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 Morris'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.
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,326. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Morris's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.2 Census sq mi, Morris logged 8.2 property and 3.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Morris leans on burglary at 36% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,653.
Violent offenses are 29% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+65.4%
455.9 → 754.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+32.3%
228 → 301.7/100K
Property offenses lead Morris's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OK
Property Crime
10
754.1
2008.3
Burglary
5
377.1
-
Larceny-Theft
4
301.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
75.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
4
301.7
427.9
Aggravated Assault
3
226.2
-
Rape
1
75.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Morris Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Morris property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
754.1/100K↑65.4%vs 2023
Morris violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
301.7/100K↑32.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,414
70.7
141.4
3
2021
Comparable
1,404
0
142.5
2
2022
Comparable
1,304
153.4
306.7
6
2023
Comparable
1,316
228
455.9
9
2024
Comparable
1,326
301.7
754.1
14
Morris Police Department
Reporting agency for Morris NIBRS-participating
Morris Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Morris's 14 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 Oklahoma
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Oklahoma cities closest to Morris in population. Their populations run from 1,256 to 1,392, against 1,326 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Morris reported 4 violent crimes and 10 property crimes, for a total of 14 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Morris?
From 2023 to 2024, Morris's violent crime rate increased by 32.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 65.4%.
What is the most common crime in Morris?
The most common crime type in Morris is burglary, accounting for 35.7% of all reported crimes (5 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Morris's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Morris, OK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.