Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Morgan, CO Crime Grade
How Fort Morgan grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Colorado — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Colorado
5/10
vs. Colorado cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Morgan, CO was 252.0 per 100,000 residents (30 incidents over a population of 11,907). That puts Fort Morgan 23% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 40% below the Colorado statewide rate of 420.3.
That ranks Fort Morgan #2,384 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 37% of them, and #20 of 47 in Colorado. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 55% over the last five years.
Fort Morgan, CO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Colorado Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 252.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,384 of 3,771
- CO rank
- #20 of 47
- Safer than
- 37% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 55%
- Population
- 11,907
- Reporting agency
- Fort Morgan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Morgan Police Department (FBI ORI CO0440200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Morgan, CO
Also known as
- Camp Tyler
- Fort Wardwell
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Morgan (red), Colorado (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Morgan vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 560.8(63) | 450.1(51) | 420.9(48) | 285.3(33) | 252.0(30) |
| Murder | 17.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 169.1(19) | 105.9(12) | 140.3(16) | 51.9(6) | 58.8(7) |
| Robbery | 8.9(1) | 8.8(1) | 17.5(2) | 8.6(1) | 16.8(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 365.0(41) | 335.4(38) | 263.0(30) | 224.8(26) | 176.4(21) |
| Property crime | 2999.8(337) | 3221.3(365) | 2507.7(286) | 2031.6(235) | 1419.3(169) |
| Burglary | 534.1(60) | 556.0(63) | 412.1(47) | 155.6(18) | 319.1(38) |
| Larceny | 2109.7(237) | 2391.7(271) | 1797.5(205) | 1659.9(192) | 907.0(108) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 293.8(33) | 247.1(28) | 280.6(32) | 164.3(19) | 151.2(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Morgan, CO Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fort Morgan Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fort Morgan calculated?
- Fort Morgan's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Colorado state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Colorado cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fort Morgan Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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