Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Morgan City, LA Crime Grade
How Morgan City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Louisiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Louisiana
5/10
vs. Louisiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Morgan City, LA was 440.5 per 100,000 residents (47 incidents over a population of 10,669). That puts Morgan City 35% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% below the Louisiana statewide rate of 466.0.
That ranks Morgan City #3,150 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #15 of 35 in Louisiana. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 64% over the last five years.
Morgan City, LA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Louisiana Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 440.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,150 of 3,771
- LA rank
- #15 of 35
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 64%
- Population
- 10,669
- Reporting agency
- Morgan City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Morgan City Police Department (FBI ORI LA0510300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Morgan City, LA
Also known as
- Brashear City
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. Morgan City (red), Louisiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Morgan City 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 | 1218.2(126) | 1136.7(124) | 833.7(91) | 551.4(59) | 440.5(47) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 27.5(3) | 18.3(2) | 9.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 96.7(10) | 82.5(9) | 91.6(10) | 65.4(7) | 46.9(5) |
| Robbery | 58.0(6) | 91.7(10) | 82.5(9) | 37.4(4) | 46.9(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 1063.5(110) | 935.0(102) | 641.3(70) | 439.2(47) | 346.8(37) |
| Property crime | 3451.6(357) | 3327.5(363) | 3380.7(369) | 2850.2(305) | 2240.1(239) |
| Burglary | 879.8(91) | 696.7(76) | 980.3(107) | 467.2(50) | 431.2(46) |
| Larceny | 2291.4(237) | 2401.7(262) | 2125.5(232) | 2158.7(231) | 1668.4(178) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 241.7(25) | 183.3(20) | 256.5(28) | 205.6(22) | 103.1(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Morgan City, LA 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 Morgan City 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 Morgan City calculated?
- Morgan City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Louisiana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Louisiana 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 Morgan City 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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